Subject:Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

There's way too much negativity on these boards about present times. This is a thread where we talk about what the 2010s are good at compared to previous decades.

I'll start off

Fashion

People can call it 'hipster'all they want, but It feels like the 2010s are the first decade to bother dressing classy since the early '60s. Preppy looks are in again and no one bats an eye that you're dressing to kill when you're walking to the convenience store. In previous decades it felt like if you were dressing too well, you would get scornful looks until you dressed like everybody else.

Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, The Office, Sherlock, Daredevil, Bloodlines, Silicon Valley, Suits, Scandal etc. and I can really go on forever. Critics and viewers alike are not shy to dub the 2010s as the Golden Age of Television, and it's no surprise why with the amount of great content that's out there that suits everybody's taste. I don't watch many cartoons, but almost all that I've seen have been excellent. Phineas & Ferb, Gravity Falls, Adventure Time are some of the greatest animation ever made in my opinion. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable about this can back me up (Toon ;))

Great dance music

This is not as lively as it once was, but if you were a young adult in the early 2010s, you're most likely looking fondly back at the raging club scene of the early '10s where we got the great dance hits of Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Maroon 5, Flo Rida, Calvin Harris, Bruno Mars, Oily Murs, PSY, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and the list goes on and on. Every decade has its great dance hits, but at the very least I'm thankful that I'm spending my young adult years in the 2010s and not in the 2000s at least. I love to dance!

What else do you guys concede that this decade is good at? ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/20/16 at 3:15 pm

Well, here are a few positives about the 2010s:

* HD format being standard. It looks great.* There being a higher percentage of people supporting same-sex marriage.* The early 2010s produced a lot of great YouTube videos, pop songs, and television shows.* Some of the movies this decade are pretty strong, especially bolder ones like Carol and Straight Outta Compton.

Other than that, I have little positive to say about this decade. The fashion's atrocious, the social extremism is raucous on both sides, the video games suck, the technological lean towards convenience and corporate greed is abhorrent, there's the ugly fact that I still find it impossible to find a romantic partner in spite of the cultural emphasis on diversity, the music's so underwhelming, and there's the disgusting cultural obsession with pointless social media like Instagram, it's all pretty wretched, in my opinion.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 3:37 pm

Even though I hate this decade in general, I believe there are some positives.

* We're still living in the golden age of television. Especially with streaming services like Netflix being popular.* The economy has been great as the late 90s.* Obama (even though he's been panned down by Republicans).* Gay people are becoming more accepted, thanks to the lifting of same-sex marriage bans from the U.S. Supreme Court. Even though some people would disagree, especially from the Southern U.S.* Indie games are now the rage. (e.g. Undertale, Five Nights at Freddy's)

Besides those examples, this decade isn't my cup of tea. At all. The cartoons are overrated, the Internet culture is horrendous, companies like Viacom, Nickelodeon and Nintendo aren't doing that well, the social media sucks (especially Instagram and Snapchat), and the f*cking presidential election is a living hell. Seriously, there are barely any candidates that seem acceptable. I just despise them except for Clinton. It's just a joke. I don't know how anybody could be proud of being American, when we have people voting for Trump as president. Sorry to sound like a SJW, but it disappoints me with despair.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/20/16 at 4:03 pm

I don't know how anybody could be proud of being American, when we have people voting for Trump as president. Sorry to sound like a SJW, but it disappoints me with despair.

That's not an SJW comment, that's just an affirmation of common sense.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 4:08 pm

Besides those examples, this decade isn't my cup of tea. At all. The cartoons are overrated, the Internet culture is horrendous, Nintendo isn't doing that well, the social media sucks (especially Instagram and Snapchat), and the f*cking presidential election is a living hell. Seriously, there are barely any candidates that seem acceptable. I just despise them except for Clinton. It's just a joke. I don't know how anybody could be proud of being American, when we have people voting for Trump as president. Sorry to sound like a SJW, but it disappoints me with despair.

I agree with you. The 2016 election is going to be a f*cking train wreck. I mean you have Adolf Hitler 2.0 vs Obama 2.0. Oh how fun this election season is going to be.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 4:08 pm

In Canadian politics, I really like the second half of this decade. Justin Trudeau is our Prime Minister, tuition is going to be free for low-income families starting next year, my city's mayor is urbanist and building subways, LRTs, and bus lanes. It's left-wing paradise.

edit: the best thing is that there are no elections until 2018/2019. In 2016 and 2017 I'm not reading any newspapers! I can just sit back and relax and trust that the country is in good hands. ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/20/16 at 4:12 pm

It was a very fun decade.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 4:13 pm

That's not an SJW comment, that's just an affirmation of common sense.

I guess it could be an affirmation over common sense, since Trump doesn't even have any political experience. But sadly, uneducated Americans believe it's the truth, by looking over a stupid businessman's name.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 4:14 pm

I agree with you. The 2016 election is going to be a f*cking train wreck. I mean you have Adolf Hitler 2.0 vs Obama 2.0. Oh how fun this election season is going to be.

Obama 2.0 (Clinton) at least seems more acceptable. She isn't that bad.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 4:14 pm

It was a very fun decade.

Is! >:(

It has a unique identity, people should at least give it that.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/20/16 at 4:17 pm

Is! >:(

It has a unique identity, people should at least give it that.

I like the movies and television ain't that bad. Music? It's better than mid-00s music, but it could still be a lot better.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 4:17 pm

Is! >:(

It has a unique identity, people should at least give it that.

The 2010s suck. High School sucks. F*ck it all!!!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 4:18 pm

Is! >:(

It has a unique identity, people should at least give it that.

Isn't the 2000s identified with flip-phones, ringtone raps, Soulja Boy, early YouTube, Windows XP, and more? I really don't know how people don't think it has a unique identity, when we're using technology that has been introduced in the 2000s (e.g. smartphones).

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 4:19 pm

The 2010s suck. High School sucks. F*ck it all!!!

https://media.makeameme.org/created/woah-dawg.jpg

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Philip Enoon03/20/16 at 4:21 pm

Any year or decade is good when you are blessed with God's Gracious Gift of being alive.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 4:22 pm

Obama 2.0 (Clinton) at least seems more acceptable. She isn't that bad.

What I don't like about American politics is how long the campaigns are. Why can't all the state primaries vote at the same time? Why is it drawn out over 4 months? :o Huge waste of money.

In Canada, primaries only last 3-6 hours/one day LOL, done. Election campaigns only last 4 weeks. ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 4:24 pm

What I don't like about American politics is how long the campaigns are. Why can't all the state primaries vote at the same time? Why is it drawn out over 4 months? :o Huge waste of money.

In Canada, primaries only last 3-6 hours/one day LOL, done. Election campaigns only last 4 weeks. ;D

It's that short? Man, I wish America had the same system. Then I wouldn't have to worry about Trump for several months.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 4:27 pm

From all of this, at least 2016 has a better cultural identity than 2006. That's something I could agree with Slowpoke on. I mean, 2006 pretty much had the same identity as 2005 for crying out loud. That's saying something.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 4:33 pm

The 2010s suck. High School sucks. F*ck it all!!!

I liked the 2010s portion of my high school (2009-10) over the 2000s portion (2006-2009). After the recession, it became more acceptable to be studious/nerdy and hard-working, and after Prop-8, homophobia became unpopular very quickly.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 4:43 pm

I liked the 2010s portion of my high school (2009-10) over the 2000s portion (2006-2009). After the recession, it became more acceptable to be studious/nerdy and hard-working, and after Prop-8, homophobia became unpopular very quickly.

I guess maybe it's because Canada is more liberal than the United States. Homophobia is still popular in the Deep South, even though I don't live there.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 5:18 pm

The 2010's aren't great but I'd rather live in today than the dark age past (the real 2000s). But it still stands that every 20XX year that isn't 2000, 2001 or 2002 (maybe 2003) I have no interest in.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 5:28 pm

I guess maybe it's because Canada is more liberal than the United States. Homophobia is still popular in the Deep South, even though I don't live there.

That makes me angry. >:( I wanna go down there and be as gay as possible LOL.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 5:29 pm

That makes me angry. >:( I wanna go down there and be as gay as possible LOL.

Yeah... I wouldn't do that if I were you.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 5:31 pm

Yeah... I wouldn't do that if I were you.

I feel like the US is about where Canada was with gay marriage around 2005/2006. In Canada, it was legalized where I live in 2003 (equivalent of 2012 Iowa in the US), and nationwide in 2005 (equivalent of 2015 nationwide in the US), but it took until 2008/2009 for homophobia to be as unacceptable as racism/sexism. Maybe that will be 2018/2019 over there.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 5:41 pm

When I think of the 2010's I think of that one stupid song on the radio, "Stay With Me" and how drawn out, bland and melodramatic it is. Why is the 2010's continuing the awful whines of the real 2000's? I miss how upbeat the 80'sm 90's and early 00's were. I do not understand the 2016 sound of music, it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to these ears.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 5:49 pm

When I think of the 2010's I think of that one stupid song on the radio, "Stay With Me" and how drawn out, bland and melodramatic it is. Why is the 2010's continuing the awful whines of the real 2000's? I miss how upbeat the 80'sm 90's and early 00's were. I do not understand the 2016 sound of music, it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to these ears.

The 2010s sounds way different than the mid-late 2000s. It wasn't defined with Drake, Justin Bieber, twerking Nicki Minaj, or anything that sings "twerk, twerk, twerk, twerk, twerk that ass". That kind of sh*t is like nails on a chalkboard.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 6:20 pm

When I think of the 2010's I think of that one stupid song on the radio, "Stay With Me" and how drawn out, bland and melodramatic it is. Why is the 2010's continuing the awful whines of the real 2000's? I miss how upbeat the 80'sm 90's and early 00's were. I do not understand the 2016 sound of music, it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to these ears.

2010s music is very upbeat :o I've never heard many describe it as sad (though 2016 is trying way too hard, but most the popular stuff is upbeat). In general I felt like when Obama got elected and the great recession ravaged the economy, people tried to be hopeful for the future, and upbeat music and colourful fashion followed. I'd list examples but I'd be here all day, so let's go with the charts.

Some of these songs I only sampled for a few secnods, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe someone more fluent on the charts can do a top 10. Going by the top 5, 2012 was the 'saddest' year, though honestly Payphone is such a good song that it deserves to be up there, even if it is sad.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/20/16 at 6:38 pm

2010s music is very upbeat :o I've never heard many describe it as sad (though 2016 is trying way too hard, but most the popular stuff is upbeat). In general I felt like when Obama got elected and the great recession ravaged the economy, people tried to be hopeful for the future, and upbeat music and colourful fashion followed. I'd list examples but I'd be here all day, so let's go with the charts.

Some of these songs I only sampled for a few secnods, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe someone more fluent on the charts can do a top 10. Going by the top 5, 2012 was the 'saddest' year, though honestly Payphone is such a good song that it deserves to be up there, even if it is sad.

Those songs somehow gave me some nostalgia. Not the kind of nostalgia I'll get from the 2000s, but some recent nostalgia. Thanks, I guess. Although, I just hate 2012 for my personal life. It was just the absolute worst for me.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 6:58 pm

The 2010s sounds way different than the mid-late 2000s. It wasn't defined with Drake, Justin Bieber, twerking Nicki Minaj, or anything that sings "twerk, twerk, twerk, twerk, twerk that ass". That kind of sh*t is like nails on a chalkboard.

It sounds different but it's still super whiney and melodramatic.

2010s music is very upbeat :o I've never heard many describe it as sad (though 2016 is trying way too hard, but most the popular stuff is upbeat). In general I felt like when Obama got elected and the great recession ravaged the economy, people tried to be hopeful for the future, and upbeat music and colourful fashion followed. I'd list examples but I'd be here all day, so let's go with the charts.

Some of these songs I only sampled for a few secnods, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe someone more fluent on the charts can do a top 10. Going by the top 5, 2012 was the 'saddest' year, though honestly Payphone is such a good song that it deserves to be up there, even if it is sad.

I guess those are upbeat?? But they all sound awful. You guys don't have Responsibility, Fat Lip or I Feel Fine on the charts like back in the day.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 7:03 pm

It sounds different but it's still super whiney and melodramatic.

I guess those are upbeat?? But they all sound awful. You guys don't have Responsibility, Fat Lip or I Feel Fine on the charts like back in the day.

We have Neon Trees :D It doesn't get more upbeat than their song Animal to start off the decade.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 7:10 pm

We have Neon Trees :D It doesn't get more upbeat than their song Animal to start off the decade.

Haha, dude, those guys dress like my grandpa! Dudebro games suck. Pre-2003 gaming was better because you had Nu Metal simulators.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 7:58 pm

Haha, dude, those guys dress like my grandpa! Dudebro games suck. Pre-2003 gaming was better because you had Nu Metal simulators.

That's why I said 2010s is the classiest since the early '60s 8)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 8:00 pm

That's why I said 2010s is the classiest since the early '60s 8)

My grandpa doesn't have class. Crass, yes. Class, no. He also thinks that society is stuck in 1980; if you said "the 2010's are classy like the 60's" then he'd go ballistic on you.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 8:03 pm

My grandpa doesn't have class. Crass, yes. Class, no. He also thinks that society is stuck in 1980; if you said "the 2010's are classy like the 60's" then he'd go ballistic on you.

He probably likes the 2010s more than the 90s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 8:05 pm

He probably likes the 2010s more than the 90s.

No, because he thinks the 2010s and 90s are exactly like the 80s. "Nothing has changed since 1980! It's all bad!" he says.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 8:07 pm

No, because he thinks the 2010s and 90s are exactly like the 80s. "Nothing has changed since 1980! It's all bad!" he says.[/quote

You have to ask next time you see him. I'm pretty sure I'm right :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 8:11 pm

You have to ask next time you see him. I'm pretty sure I'm right :P

Whenever that is, I'll let you know but you're gonna put me through long diatribes about his pension, rap music and the economy.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 8:41 pm

Whenever that is, I'll let you know but you're gonna put me through long diatribes about his pension, rap music and the economy.

2010s rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfeaccy68s

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on03/20/16 at 8:47 pm

The 2000s are way better than the 2010's. But I think when I look back in the future the 2010's won't seem so bad.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 8:48 pm

2010s rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfeaccy68s

That sucked. The music of the 90's and 2000/2001/2002 is much, much better.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 8:56 pm

That sucked. The music of the 90's and 2000/2001/2002 is much, much better.

I agree that 90s/early 2000s music is better. That doesn't mean you have to be rude. I'd like to see you play a 8 string guitar.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 8:57 pm

I agree that 90s/early 2000s music is better. That doesn't mean you have to be rude. I'd like to see you a 8 string guitar.

I'm sorry for being rude. I shall rephrase: It wasn't very good.

I don't play guitar, I play bass. I can play guitar but the bass is my main instrument.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 8:59 pm

I'm sorry for being rude. I shall rephrase: It wasn't very good.

I don't play guitar, I play bass. I can play guitar but the bass is my main instrument.

Well thank you for saying your sorry. Now f*ck you, Animals as Leaders is a great band.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 9:00 pm

Well thank you for saying your sorry. Now f*ck you, Animals as Leaders is a great band.

What the f*ck! I try to be the nice guy and you throw it back at me! F*ck you, Animals as Leaders could never be as good as Glassjaw.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 9:00 pm

It's hard to decide whether a decade is really better than another or not. You gotta look into it deeper than that. It depends on what age you are growing up, your family situation and the type of pop culture you followed, the world, politics, lifestyle, the economy, the mainstream TV shows, movies, sports, etc. or the kid culture. You can't just automatically say that the 2010's were better than the 2000's with everything. It doesn't work that way. You gotta look at the big picture. There's many things about the 2010's I think are better than the 2000's, and there are many things about the 2000's I believe are better than the 2010's. My opinion on this would obviously be different had I been born 10 or 20 years earlier, heck, my opinion might have changed had I been a different race and/or born in a different country that doesn't have the same type of government or pop culture as the U.S. :o

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/20/16 at 9:01 pm

The 2000s are way better than the 2010's. But I think when I look back in the future the 2010's won't seem so bad.

Agreed!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 9:02 pm

What the f*ck! I try to be the nice guy and you throw it back at me! F*ck you, Animals as Leaders could never be as good as Glassjaw.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

You're stepping into the ring with an experienced fighter; a 90s alpha male with spiked hair and chains on his wallets.

Well, them fighting word's from where I come from. Prepare to receive the ass kicking of your live you old geezer.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/20/16 at 9:06 pm

I'm sorry but, as shown in the photos, the early 00's belong to alpha males (myself included) but they were not violent and rough. They were much more peaceful and upbeat.

See? Everyone is smiling and crap. They're all happy to go about their day and spread good messages to the children of America.

Early 2000s weren't exactly peaceful and upbeat... ;D But you are correct Jordan, they were a hell of a lot more upbeat than the current era! :o

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/20/16 at 9:07 pm

You see, the early 2000s were violent and rough. The 2010s are more peaceful and upbeat. There is no fighting.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I can tell you're trolling! ::) ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 9:07 pm

Early 2000s weren't exactly peaceful and upbeat... ;D But you are correct Jordan, they were a hell of a lot more upbeat than the current era! :o

But they're smiling and joking around. Look at what fun they're having by simply just standing around. The early 00's in a nutshell.

Well, them fighting word's from where I come from. Prepare to receive the ass kicking of your live you old geezer.

I survived the Nu Metal era. If anyone here is getting the ass kicking, it sure as hell ain't gonna be me.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 9:09 pm

I survived the Nu Metal era. If anyone here is getting the ass kicking, it sure as hell ain't gonna be me.

I'm a black teenager in the 2010s. Trust me you old fart it will be you that will be getting his ass kicked.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 9:12 pm

I'm a black teenager in the 2010s. Trust me you old fart it will be you that will be getting his ass kicked.

I don't think so. Teenagers in the 2010s are too concerned about their skinny jeans to kick any ass. You guys don't even have Extreme Sports anymore! How can you call yourselves men!?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/20/16 at 9:15 pm

This thread is starting to get ridiculous! >:( >:( >:( ;D ;D ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 9:16 pm

I don't think so. Teenagers in the 2010s are too concerned about their skinny jeans to kick any ass. You guys don't even have Extreme Sports anymore! How can you call yourselves men!?

How can you call your self a human when you came of age during the vial Y2K era. Ughh frosted tips, nu metal. bush, 9/11, sheeshty boy bands and teen pop, the list goes on. DISGUSTING!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 9:20 pm

How can you call your self a human when you came of age during the vial Y2K era. Ughh frosted tips, nu metal. bush, 9/11, sheeshty boy bands and teen pop, the list goes on. DISGUSTING!

Those things are ultra Xtreme! The late 90's/early 00's are a time for adults, the kids can't handle it. Tony Hawk, Pop Punk, Chain Wallets, the wacky hi-jinks of Dubya and Clinton, co-existence of the PS1 and PS2, we had it all. What a rad time to be alive! The 2010's are the decade of sissies. I don't know how you can call limping around on a crappy long board "skateboarding" 'cause it isn't.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 9:21 pm

It's hard to decide whether a decade is really better than another or not. You gotta look into it deeper than that. It depends on what age you are growing up, your family situation and the type of pop culture you followed, the world, politics, lifestyle, the economy, the mainstream TV shows, movies, sports, etc. or the kid culture. You can't just automatically say that the 2010's were better than the 2000's with everything. It doesn't work that way. You gotta look at the big picture. There's many things about the 2010's I think are better than the 2000's, and there are many things about the 2000's I believe are better than the 2010's. My opinion on this would obviously be different had I been born 10 or 20 years earlier, heck, my opinion might have changed had I been a different race and/or born in a different country that doesn't have the same type of government or pop culture as the U.S. :o

That's why I had the alternative title "What does the 2010s excel at". The point was to admit to something the 2010s was good for. :)

Overall as someone who was kid/teen in the 2000s and a young adult in the 2010s, I much prefer this decade. The last one was very bland. Just my opinion of course, as you said age and personal interest factor in a lot.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 9:21 pm

And we all know the disastrous Y2K era post-hardcore band Jordan likes Glassjaw sucks monkey balls.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 9:24 pm

How can you call your self a human when you came of age during the vial Y2K era. Ughh frosted tips, nu metal. bush, 9/11, sheeshty boy bands and teen pop, the list goes on. DISGUSTING!

I miss those days.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/20/16 at 9:25 pm

I miss those days.

Me too!! :)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 9:26 pm

And we all the disastrous Y2K era post-hardcore band Jordan likes Glassjaw sucks monkey balls.

Did you just say Glassjaw sucks monkey balls!?!?! What the f*ck!? Glassjaw are one of the greatest Post-Hardcore bands of all time! In the late 90s/early 00s we had good bands like: Glassjaw, ATDI, The Used, Keepsake, Glasseater, Thursday, etc., etc. You guys have sissy bands like Aiden, Hawthorne Heights, The Pussified Used and From First to Last. Post-Hardcore died in 2003.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 9:28 pm

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I can tell you're trolling! ::) ;)

Haha, I was trolling a bit there ;D but I do feel like 2009/2010 was the most peaceful part of this millennium. The overseas wars toned down, there was no George Bush, there was no Libyan/Syrian civil war yet. Things were starting to calm down, we had the recession and the focus was on that.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/20/16 at 9:30 pm

Haha, I was trolling a bit there ;D but I do feel like 2009/2010 was the most peaceful part of this millennium. The overseas wars toned down, there was no George Bush, there was no Libyan/Syrian civil war yet. Things were starting to calm down, we had the recession and the focus was on that.

Yeah despite the rescission, 2009-10 and also 2013-14 felt like the most peaceful seasons of the decade.... and that's SAD!!!!! ;D :o :\'(

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Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 9:32 pm

Yeah despite the rescission, 2009-10 and also 2013-14 felt like the most peaceful seasons of the decade.... and that's SAD!!!!! ;D :o :\'(

Not the decade, the millennium! ;D

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Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 9:33 pm

Did you just say Glassjaw sucks monkey balls!?!?! What the f*ck!? Glassjaw are one of the greatest Post-Hardcore bands of all time! In the late 90s/early 00s we had good bands like: Glassjaw, ATDI, The Used, Keepsake, Glasseater, Thursday, etc., etc. You guys have sissy bands like Aiden, Hawthorne Heights, The Pussified Used and From First to Last. Post-Hardcore died in 2003.

Two things. First, I can make better music than Glassjaw by just simply sh*tting into a microphone when taking a massive dump in my toilet. Second, 2010s skateboarders do not look like that f*g you have above in your "Skateboarding today" photo.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 9:37 pm

Two things. First, I can make better music than Glassjaw by just simply sh*tting into a microphone when taking a massive dump in my toilet. Second, 2010s skateboarders do not look like that f*g you have above in your "Skateboarding today" photo.

I don't know any sane person who would say this. The only Post-Hardcore fans who don't like Glassjaw are MySpace wusses who are too afraid to venture past their Hawthrone Heights. Secondly, yes, if you go to a skate park today you will see every skater looking like that doofus above. Long boards are complete garbage but everyone in the 2010s loves to ride them...

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 9:39 pm

I don't know any sane person who would say this. The only Post-Hardcore fans who don't like Glassjaw are MySpace wusses who are too afraid to venture past their Hawthrone Heights. Secondly, yes, if you go to a skate park today you will see every skater looking like that doofus above. Long boards are complete garbage but everyone in the 2010s loves to ride them...

No, skaters do not look like that you b*tch.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 9:40 pm

No, skaters do not look like that you b*tch.

You're calling me a "bitch" yet you defend the "skateboarders" of today, who coincidentally, look like "bitches". ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 9:44 pm

You know what the 2010s have on the 2000s. Afros. They're making a comeback

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 9:46 pm

I'm a black teenager in the 2010s. Trust me you old fart it will be you that will be getting his ass kicked.

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Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 9:50 pm

Yeah despite the rescission, 2009-10 and also 2013-14 felt like the most peaceful seasons of the decade.... and that's SAD!!!!! ;D :o :\'(

2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2013-14 were the most peaceful school years of this decade by far! 2012-13 (despite my least favorite year) was OK but not the best. Since late 2014 the lifestyle has slowly declined in my opinion, due to social media being more sensitive, politics, and all of the craziness that's been going on in society lately with all of the shootings, riots, or protests (like the Donald Trump protests right now).

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 9:52 pm

Do you have an Afro?

No, but I've had the hairstyle before. The 360 spinning waves hairstyle is my favorite, but I'm not doing it right now.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 10:16 pm

2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2013-14 were the most peaceful school years of this decade by far! 2012-13 (despite my least favorite year) was OK but not the best. Since late 2014 the lifestyle has slowly declined in my opinion, due to social media being more sensitive, politics, and all of the craziness that's been going on in society lately with all of the shootings, riots, or protests (like the Donald Trump protests right now).

2011-2012 felt very raucous. I was in uni then and we had Occupy right as I got in. Then there were protests against rape on campus, then in the end of the year there was a massive protest in Montreal (200,000 demonstrators) and a lot of my friends bussed there. That sheesh got wild, they were dropping frogs in the staff washrooms LOL. That was the year the Libyan civil war was in full swing, so I don't consider it peaceful like 2009/2010 were. They weren't quite 2003/2004 or 2015 level bad though.

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Ocarinafan was black? I thought he was Italian because he kept talking about Jersey Shore LOL

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/20/16 at 10:27 pm

2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2013-14 were the most peaceful school years of this decade by far! 2012-13 (despite my least favorite year) was OK but not the best. Since late 2014 the lifestyle has slowly declined in my opinion, due to social media being more sensitive, politics, and all of the craziness that's been going on in society lately with all of the shootings, riots, or protests (like the Donald Trump protests right now).

Yeah politically and lifestyle wise in the mid 10s, things have DRAMATICALLY decline!!!! :o Even tv has kinda declined a little. 2011-2014 tv was NEAR PERFECT imo.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/20/16 at 10:27 pm

Ocarinafan was black? I thought he was Italian because he kept talking about Jersey Shore LOL

I thought he was Italian too!! ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 10:27 pm

Ocarinafan was black? I thought he was Italian because he kept talking about Jersey Shore LOL

He kept talking about Jersey Shore because he's from New Jersey. People all races around the US, especially the east coast loved Jersey Shore throughout my first 2 years of high school.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 10:32 pm

Yeah politically and lifestyle wise in the mid 10s, things have DRAMATICALLY decline!!!! :o Even tv has kinda declined a little. 2011-2014 tv was NEAR PERFECT imo.

Actually, mainstream TV is still really good, if not better. The Flash is awesome! Agents of Shield, Arrow, and Gotham are pretty decent or ok. Not sure about Supergirl though. The Walking Dead which is one of my favorite TV shows of all time is still on as well as House of Cards and Game of Thrones. Empire is a decent show. I'm looking forward to Samurai Jack making its comeback on too.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 10:33 pm

He kept talking about Jersey Shore because he's from New Jersey. People all races around the US, especially the east coast loved Jersey Shore throughout my first 2 years of high school.

Oh that makes sense.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/20/16 at 10:34 pm

Parasyte The Maxim Great Show.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 10:36 pm

Parasyte The Maxim Great Show.

This show too! I gotta catch up with it though.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 10:39 pm

I'll say this though, living room, family, or school sitcoms are in a dark age right now. Other than Modern Family and a couple of others it's not entertaining anymore. All the good sitcoms peaked throughout the 90's and 2000's. 80's if you count the Cosby Show, Degrassi (franchise), or Full House.

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Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 10:44 pm

Anyone watch Fuller House? Complete crap!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 10:44 pm

I'll say this though, living room, family, or school sitcoms are in a dark age right now. Other than Modern Family and a couple of others it's not entertaining anymore. All the good sitcoms peaked throughout the 90's and 2000's. 80's if you count the Cosby Show, Degrassi (franchise), or Full House.

Yeah, sitcoms and episodic TV shows in general aren't very popular anymore. Not sure that I care too much, there are still great comedies like Community and recently I heard Superstore is very good too.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/20/16 at 10:46 pm

Anyone watch Fuller House? Complete crap!

Isn't that a Netflix series, I heard about it somewhere before and I thought it was a hoax, but apparently they did revive a next gen version of the original series :o

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 10:47 pm

Isn't that a Netflix series, I heard about it somewhere before and I thought it was a hoax, but apparently they did revive a next gen version of the original series :o

It is! I didn't like it at all. It's an exact remake of the show for the current generation and it's terribly done.

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Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 10:49 pm

It is! I didn't like it at all. It's an exact remake of the show for the current generation and it's terribly done.

I'll give it a watch and pretend to like it just to make you write angry comments :P

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Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 10:50 pm

I'll give it a watch and pretend to like it just to make you write angry comments :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mxcrashxmon03/20/16 at 10:51 pm

You're Black/African American? So am I, Eazy-EMan1995 (Eric), ocarinafan (when he was here), and SpyroKev too! Whoa! This is why I wish he had shown a photo of himself. In fact, how come some of you guys haven't shown yourselves?

I think it would be great as change the viewpoint.

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Written By:mxcrashxmon03/20/16 at 10:52 pm

This convo is so hilarious ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 10:53 pm

Why on earth would you do that!? That's absurd!

Fuller House has a higher score on IMDB. Explain?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 10:55 pm

Fuller House has a higher score on IMDB. Explain?

A. Hype train's a rollin' (like Fred Durst)

B. There are more morons in the 2010's than the late 1980's (truth)

C. IMDB users are idiots

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 10:58 pm

Whoa! This is why I wish he had shown a photo of himself. In fact, how come some of you guys haven't shown yourselves?

I think it would be great as change the viewpoint.

I will post a picture of me with my iPad in the spring of 2000, once my mom tells me where she put the photo. It will confirm me as a Gen Zer.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:musicguy93on03/20/16 at 11:01 pm

I'll say this though, living room, family, or school sitcoms are in a dark age right now. Other than Modern Family and a couple of others it's not entertaining anymore. All the good sitcoms peaked throughout the 90's and 2000's. 80's if you count the Cosby Show, Degrassi (franchise), or Full House.

I hope it makes a comeback someday. People need to realize that it's not the format of a show that's at fault. It's all in the writing. Any show of any format can be good, with good writing and characters. That's why people still enjoy shows like Seinfeld and Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I refuse to believe that sitcoms are dead. All it takes is for one really good sitcom to bring the format back.

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Written By:musicguy93on03/20/16 at 11:01 pm

This convo is so hilarious ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Gotta love those guys ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 11:02 pm

I will post a picture of me with my iPad in the spring of 2000, once my mom tells me where she put the photo. It will confirm me as a Gen Zer.

Nobody used iPads until 2004! You keep trying to soil the glorious early 00s (2000/2001/2002) but I see past your communist ways!

Gotta love those guys ;D

;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 11:06 pm

Nobody used iPads until 2004! You keep trying to soil the glorious early 00s (2000/2001/2002) but I see past your communist ways!

;)

Actually I had it in 1999, but I was using it to learn to type and add/subtract then. In late 2000 I used it for multiplication.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 11:09 pm

Actually I had it in 1999, but I was using it to learn to type and add/subtract then. In late 2000 I used it for multiplication.

No! These years are glorious early 2000's years! I bet you think 2000-2002 are the "fudging good myspace days dum-de-dum-de-dum" too! >:( Communists always want to soil the amazing time in our society...

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 11:15 pm

No! These years are glorious early 2000's years! I bet you think 2000-2002 are the "fudging good myspace days dum-de-dum-de-dum" too! >:( Communists always want to soil the amazing time in our society...

Hey nobody said iPads were a bad thing except you. Myspace existed in 2003 so technically it's an early 2000s thing.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 11:17 pm

Hey nobody said iPads were a bad thing except you. Myspace existed in 2003 so technically it's an early 2000s thing.

Nuh uh! It existed in August 2003 which is technically the mid 00's. ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 11:18 pm

Nuh uh! It existed in August 2003 which is technically the mid 00's. ;)

School of Rock cams out September 2003 so we were still living the Spirit of '02 there.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 11:19 pm

School of Rock cams out September 2003 so we were still living the Spirit of '02 there.

You mean spirit of '98 correct? There is no spirit of 2002 since 2002 carried on the spirit of 1998. School of Rock is an exception as it was released during the transition from good to crap. ;) ;) ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 11:28 pm

You mean spirit of '98 correct? There is no 2002 since 2002 carried on the spirit of 1998. School of Rock is an exception. ;) ;) ;)

No I meant Spirit of 02. I'm not even trolling this time like I was in my previous posts. 2002-03 school year had Avril Lavigne, Simple Plan Good Charlotte and 50 Cent. It felt different from the previous year. :o

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 11:32 pm

No I meant Spirit of 02. I'm not even trolling this time like I was in my previous posts. 2002-03 school year had Avril Lavigne, Simple Plan Good Charlotte and 50 Cent. It felt different from the previous year. :o

>:(

I don't like going by school years, I go by the year that's on the calendar. The first half of 2002 already had Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan, Good Charlotte made their debut in 2000 and fiddy wasn't even big until 2003 but he was there in 1999. I don't see how Avril/Simple Plan/Good Charlotte make it all different because they sound just like everything that came before them and they changed their sounds in 2004 to be more real 2000s-like. ;)

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Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 11:39 pm

>:(

I don't like going by school years, I go by the year that's on the calendar. The first half of 2002 already had Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan, Good Charlotte made their debut in 2000 and fiddy wasn't even big until 2003 but he was there in 1999. I don't see how Avril/Simple Plan/Good Charlotte make it all different because they sound just like everything that came before them and they changed their sounds in 2004 to be more real 2000s-like. ;)

Fine >:( Good Charlotte only became popular with The Anthem though and that was late 2002.

I will work on my theory some more and by then we'll have full communism freedom.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 11:40 pm

Fine >:( Good Charlotte only became popular with The Anthem though and that was late 2002.

I will work on my theory some more and by then we'll have full communism freedom.

Nope! The Anthem single came out in early 2003! ;) Besides, Little Things was already a pretty big hit in 2001 and The Click had gained some recognition thanks to it being the Undergrads theme. ;) ;) The Anthem doesn't even sound like a real 00's song! How could you? It's 100% spirit of 1998! >:(

I will not allow communism to make it's come back. I'm here to stop you from ruining America.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/20/16 at 11:41 pm

Fine >:( Good Charlotte only became popular with The Anthem though and that was late 2002.

I will work on my theory some more and by then we'll have full communism freedom.

He goes to quite the extremes to prove 2002 is exactly the same as 1999-2001. But HE WAS THERE!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 11:43 pm

He goes to quite the extremes to prove 2002 is exactly the same as 1999-2001. But HE WAS THERE!

You started it at 1999 but I start it at 1998. ;D ;)

Of course I go to Xtremes! I'm just livin' it up in the spirit of 1998!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 11:46 pm

I'm just as curious! It feels like hardly anybody has shown us what they look like.

As I think it's about time, here's a generic image what I look like (without makeup):

No, the lady in my avatar isn't me, even though I wouldn't be upset if you thought she was! So long as you don't imagine me as a man, I think I'm pretty satisfied!

You look beautiful! You actually look a lot like the lady in your avatar if you put that kind of make up on :o

I'd post my picture but I've revealed a lot of things on here I haven't revealed IRL and I'd hate for that to be traced back (even if the chance is remote). I wonder if there's a way to only show members photos instead of everybody.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/20/16 at 11:48 pm

Sorry for deleting my post here, I just moved it to the Show Us What You Look Like! thread, since Nally suggested it.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:nallyon03/20/16 at 11:49 pm

Sorry for deleting my post here, I just moved it to the Show Us What You Look Like! thread, since Nally suggested it.

You look great.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/20/16 at 11:51 pm

You started it at 1999 but I start it at 1998. ;D ;)

Of course I go to Xtremes! I'm just livin' it up in the spirit of 1998!

In my opinion, the Y2K era will ALWAYS BE February 1997 to September 11, 2001! Once "Wannabe," "Can't Nobody Hold Us Down," Tru 2 da Game, Ixnay on the Hombre, and Mario Kart 64 came out, the whole world flipped upside down and would stay that way until 8:46 AM, Tuesday, September 11, 2001!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/20/16 at 11:54 pm

In my opinion, the Y2K era will ALWAYS BE February 1997 to September 11, 2001! Once "Wannabe," "Can't Nobody Hold Us Down," Tru 2 da Game, Ixnay on the Hombre, and Mario Kart 64 came out, the whole world flipped upside down and would stay that way until 8:46 AM, Tuesday, September 11, 2001!

That's cool but to me it will always be January 1st, 1998 (or November 28, 1997) to January 7th, 2003. I've felt this way for the longest time and always will define this period as such. ;)

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Written By:#Infinityon03/20/16 at 11:58 pm

That's cool but to me it will always be January 1st, 1998 (or November 28, 1997) to January 7th, 2003. I've felt this way for the longest time and always will define this period as such. ;)

If Beavis & Butthead wasn't still airing new episodes throughout 1997, then you'd surely have to categorize that year with 1998-2002! Beavis & Butthead is pretty much the only major thing about 1997 that makes it seem overall mid-90s instead of late 90s, imo! :P

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Written By:2001on03/20/16 at 11:59 pm

In my opinion, the Y2K era will ALWAYS BE February 1997 to September 11, 2001! Once "Wannabe," "Can't Nobody Hold Us Down," Tru 2 da Game, Ixnay on the Hombre, and Mario Kart 64 came out, the whole world flipped upside down and would stay that way until 8:46 AM, Tuesday, September 11, 2001!

Darn I can't call myself the ultimate Y2K era kid if I was only 4 in 97! ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 12:00 am

If Beavis & Butthead wasn't still airing new episodes throughout 1997, then you'd surely have to categorize that year with 1998-2002! Beavis & Butthead is pretty much the only major thing about 1997 that makes it seem overall mid-90s instead of late 90s, imo! :P

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Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/21/16 at 12:18 am

In my opinion, the Y2K era will ALWAYS BE February 1997 to September 11, 2001! Once "Wannabe," "Can't Nobody Hold Us Down," Tru 2 da Game, Ixnay on the Hombre, and Mario Kart 64 came out, the whole world flipped upside down and would stay that way until 8:46 AM, Tuesday, September 11, 2001!

ehhh..... Musically you COULD say it started in Feb. But that's debatable. I think musically Y2K lasted from Hit me Baby One More Time until In the end. I'm not sure if i'll use a specific date. ::) Now, I think Politically it lasted from the Lewinski scandal until 9/11.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 12:19 am

https://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/Ixnay%20on%20the%20Hombre.jpg

This is a super good album. Sounded like 1995 but and still sounded current as late as 2003. Then Fall Out Boy released their album "Fun Times for F*cks" "Take This To Your Grave" and ruined everything. >:(

DAMN!!! This screams the cultural late 90s, before that 1999 type culutre came

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/21/16 at 12:25 am

Just in my own eyes, the Y2K era lasted from October 23rd 1998(ironically my 3rd birthday) until September 11, 2001.(The cultural VERY late 90s and VERY early 00s)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 12:28 am

Annnkkkk, core 2000's.

No way!! Everything about that movie is early 2000s! The kids don't even computers in their houses and use that giant CD player! >:(

oP7kExN8LFA

Only the laptop is mid 2000s.

Edit: hey that's not even a laptop, just an LCD screen. Pure early 2000s!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/21/16 at 12:29 am

No way!! Everything about that movie is early 2000s! The kids don't even computers in their houses and use that giant CD player! >:(

oP7kExN8LFA

The movie felt half early/half core.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/21/16 at 12:38 am

ehhh..... Musically you COULD say it started in Feb. But that's debatable. I think musically Y2K lasted from Hit me Baby One More Time until In the end. I'm not sure if i'll use a specific date. ::) Now, I think Politically it lasted from the Lewinski scandal until 9/11.

In all honesty, February 1997 was like when the scale first crossed into late 90s territory, with mid-90s influences now truly losing ground. The transition continued, however, in March, when Biggie was murdered and Savage Garden and Hanson blew up; in May, when Tony Blair became the Prime Minister of the UK and Radiohead released OK Computer; in July, when Star Fox 64 was released, Cartoon Network entered its golden age, and the Backstreet Boys finally caught on in America; in August, when South Park premiered on television, GoldenEye 007 revolutionized console gaming, and Princess Diana lost her life; in September, when The Simpsons jumped the shark; and finally in November, when Beavis & Butthead aired its last new episode.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 12:41 am

The movie felt half early/half core.

Oh if we're talking core then it's core 2000s. But I thought millennium period meant late 90s and early 2000s combined. Early 2000s definitely doesn't end until December 25, 2003 when we get Cheaper By the Dozen, the last early 2000s movie lol.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/21/16 at 1:04 am

Oh if we're talking core then it's core 2000s. But I thought millennium period meant late 90s and early 2000s combined. Early 2000s definitely doesn't end until December 25, 2003 when we get Cheaper By the Dozen, the last early 2000s movie lol.

Nope! When I MYSELF thinks of Millennium period; I mean the VERY late 90s(1998 and 1999) and VERY early 00s(2000 and 2001). It was it's brief own thing. It did not last THAT long. Maybe kid culutre wise it did. But if you focus on the actual mainstream pop culutre, for me it's a different story.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/21/16 at 1:14 am

I think it's hilarious just how complicated these theories can get regarding the boundaries of the Y2K era. Personally, I can go with this:

Early Y2K era: February 1997 to February 1999Core-Y2K era: March 1999 to September 11, 2001Late Y2K era: September 11, 2001 to December 2003

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 1:16 am

Nope! When I MYSELF thinks of Millennium period; I mean the VERY late 90s(1998 and 1999) and VERY early 00s(2000 and 2001). It was it's brief own thing. It did not last THAT long. Maybe kid culutre wise it did. But if you focus on the actual mainstream pop culutre, for me it's a different story.

Oh I though Y2K era and Millennium era were different. You guys gotta pick different words!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 1:32 am

The XTREME! era will always be 1998-2002 to me. It did in 2005, it does now and it forever will be. These are the facts. Why? Because I, Jordan: Hero of America, say so. I am the Early 00s Guy after all! Why would anyone dispute my words? ;)

1997 and 2003 are just transitions. 1997 is super mighty because it's a real 90s year and the 90s kicked ass. 2003? The real 00s sucked dog turd so it's only 50/50 good.

No way!! Everything about that movie is early 2000s! The kids don't even computers in their houses and use that giant CD player! >:(

oP7kExN8LFA

Only the laptop is mid 2000s.

Edit: hey that's not even a laptop, just an LCD screen. Pure early 2000s!

I agree. That movie is far too loud for the real 2000's. The real 2000's was all about being a huge wimp and wearing your hair all over your face.

Oh look at us! We're so in touch with our emotions that we have to post them all over our MySpace bulletin board! :\'( How about we try to look as lame as possible to reflect our inner feelings?! Boo hoo.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:TheKid99on03/21/16 at 10:26 am

No offense to you guys but topics about the 2010s always seem to turn into debates about when an era starts or which era was better from different decades, not angry or anything, just saying. :)

I beleive that the 2010s could be better if we all had unity and if there was no selfish world leaders serving on their own interests. The economy also really needs to pick up, which will probably not happen in the next 2 years as I think by 2018 we will be in a recession. Hopefully afterwards the economy picks up and no Mr. Obama, I cannot accept 2% GDP growth as the new normal, that should not be the new normal. There will be a significant change in the atmosphere after the Presidential Election. Hillary or Trump will be president and I choose the latter.

There is going to be significant political upheaval in the next few years and then we will see a relative calm afterwords. Whatever president is elected will shift the country into each parties ideological sides. I would much rather see a republican than a democrat in the White House as Hillary will just be the same old thing that we have had for 8 years which I think we should have a better leader. Hillary will be a one term president if elected. Trump has a more possibility of being a two term president if elected as he is of a different party.

The 2010s would be such a golden decade if we had a booming economy of the 1990s combined with the relative peacefulness of the 50s.

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I feel like the 10's are darker than the 00's. But that's probably because I was a kid in the 00's so it felt more upbeat.

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Written By:aja675on03/21/16 at 10:38 am

Here's the Billboard Hot 100 chart from October 30, 2003, which was five months after my 7th birthday and could therefore be called the peak of my childhood. Do you think the songs there were more early '00s or more mid '00s?

http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2003-11-01

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Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:43 am

Here's the Billboard Hot 100 chart from October 30, 2003, which was five months after my 7th birthday and could therefore be called the peak of my childhood. Do you think the songs there were more early '00s or more mid '00s?

http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2003-11-01

Well dude, you gots sh!ts like Nu Metal and Pop Punk on that list and a lot of those hip hop/RnB songs sound like the early 00s but you also got Lil Jon and the Crunk Overlords. In the middle I guess. Somewhat spirit of 1998 but moving towards the spirit of 2004.

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Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 12:29 pm

I never finished giving you the ass whooping of your life you little pussy ass bitch.

Ain't no little kid is gonna give me an ass whooping. I grew up in the 90s, we were all alpha males back then.

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 1:22 pm

I feel like the 10's are darker than the 00's. But that's probably because I was a kid in the 00's so it felt more upbeat.

2003-2006 were the most sombre parts of the new millennium to me. From the Iraq War to the Israel-Lebanon war and the Madrid train bombings, "Operation Iraqi Freedom", 2004 election, Asian Tsunami, London bombings, South Asian earthquake in between. I made a post about this in another thread, I'll look for it. The 2010s are more angry rather than afraid, like the 2000s are.

Edit: yeah, these are my thoughts on 2003-2007

I liked the rock/emo music of the time ;D (*flameshield against JordanK1982*). Some of the R&B music was good too, but you had to wade through a lot of crap to get to the good stuff.

I hated the fashion of the time, even though I was at the top of my own game. It was just too sloppy.

The movies and TV shows are great but I don't miss the reality TV shows and all that celebrity gossip. Seriously, we witnessed the crash of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Smith (R.I.P) those years, it was disaster everywhere you looked.

Also for some reason I remember a lot of natural disasters happening that period which was very distressing to me. You had the Asian Tsunami in late 2004, then you had Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and I believe there was an earthquake in Pakistan/India as well that year, then you had the terrorist attack in London happen a few weeks later and then in France you had riots. Couple that with the Iraq and Afghanistan war ongoing and the Israel-Lebanon war in 2006, I thought the world was coming to an end. ;D

Personal life wise, I enjoyed 2003/early 2004 and a bit of 2007 (and late 2006). That mushy part in the middle though... 8-P

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Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 1:40 pm

I never finished giving you the ass whooping of your life you little pussy ass bitch.

Calm down bro :-[

You have to be willing to except people's opinions on the culture they grew up with. You don't always have to insult people like this.

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Written By:Philip Enoon03/21/16 at 1:45 pm

I never finished giving you the ass whooping of your life you little pussy ass bitch.Have you read up on "Netiquette"?

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 1:58 pm

Calm down bro :-Here's the Billboard Hot 100 chart from October 30, 2003, which was five months after my 7th birthday and could therefore be called the peak of my childhood. Do you think the songs there were more early '00s or more mid '00s?

http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2003-11-01

Looks like the early 2000s on its death bed. It was hard and sad to see it go :\'(

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 1:59 pm

The XTREME! era will always be 1998-2002 to me. It did in 2005, it does now and it forever will be. These are the facts. Why? Because I, Jordan: Hero of America, say so. I am the Early 00s Guy after all! Why would anyone dispute my words? ;)

1997 and 2003 are just transitions. 1997 is super mighty because it's a real 90s year and the 90s kicked ass. 2003? The real 00s sucked dog turd so it's only 50/50 good.

I agree. That movie is far too loud for the real 2000's. The real 2000's was all about being a huge wimp and wearing your hair all over your face.

Oh look at us! We're so in touch with our emotions that we have to post them all over our MySpace bulletin board! :\'( How about we try to look as lame as possible to reflect our inner feelings?! Boo hoo.

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Looks like the early 2000s on its death bed. It was hard and sad to see it go :\'(

Bro you are pretty good troll but I wouldn't call you a master troll.

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 2:09 pm

Bro you are pretty good troll but I wouldn't call you a master troll.

Master troll would be Jordan once he admits he likes 2004-2009 all along and Paramore is his favourite band.

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Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 2:14 pm

How School of Rock would look like if it came out 1 year later ;D

It would probably feature hacks like From First to Last teaching the class and every kid would have some stupid wings haircut. "Kids I know you're expecting to rock out but our emotions are far too sad. Instead, we are going to focus on inner feelings and how to make a really good MySpace profile to promote your Emo band." That would be the entire plot. Jack Black would be disgusted.

Master troll would be Jordan once he admits he likes 2004-2009 all along and Paramore is his favourite band.

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 2:33 pm

It would probably feature hacks like From First to Last teaching the class and every kid would have some stupid wings haircut. "Kids I know you're expecting to rock out but our emotions are far too sad. Instead, we are going to focus on inner feelings and how to make a really good MySpace profile to promote your Emo band." That would be the entire plot. Jack Black would be disgusted.

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Written By:Toonon03/21/16 at 3:47 pm

As mentioned before the 2010s has a lot of thing that I like about it. Although in personal life it's a bit of a rollercoaster, but in terms of pop culture it's decent. I'd sum up the 2010s as...... "ehh, it's alright".

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 4:03 pm

The Revival of Downtown

Anyone remember when living in the inner-city was considered very unfortunate? It has turned its head around this decade, and living in the downtown core is considered hip. A lot of cities are revitalizing and coming back to life after they died out in the 1950s.

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Written By:bchris02on03/21/16 at 4:13 pm

One thing I like about the '10s is the greater acceptance of individualism and the decline of the homophobic "macho male" culture that prevailed throughout most of the 2000s. In the '00s, you could be called gay for something as simple as ordering a craft beer instead of a Budweiser. If you were male and had any sense of fashion you were considered gay, unless you were emo. The more I think about it, the more I remember how much that any self-respecting heterosexual guy could NOT do during the 2000s that has nothing to do with sexuality at all, all because it was seen as gay. Couldn't order a strawberry lemonade or any fruity cocktail. Couldn't listen to anything but hip-hop or rock (dance/techno was a HUGE no-no and boy bands were even worse). All clothes had to be 2 sizes too large, because clothes that fit were gay. It was very difficult to remain secure in your sexuality last decade. I am really glad most of that has gone by the wayside.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 4:19 pm

One thing I like about the '10s is the greater acceptance of individualism and the decline of the homophobic "macho male" culture that prevailed throughout most of the 2000s. In the '00s, you could be called gay for something as simple as ordering a craft beer instead of a Budweiser. If you were male and had any sense of fashion you were considered gay, unless you were emo. The more I think about it, the more I remember how much that any self-respecting heterosexual guy could NOT do during the 2000s that has nothing to do with sexuality at all, all because it was seen as gay. Couldn't order a strawberry lemonade or any fruity cocktail. Couldn't listen to anything but hip-hop or rock (dance/techno was a HUGE no-no and boy bands were even worse). All clothes had to be 2 sizes too large, because clothes that fit were gay. It was very difficult to remain secure in your sexuality last decade. I am really glad most of that has gone by the wayside.

I like the 2000s, but how is any of that sh*t gay?

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 4:23 pm

One thing I like about the '10s is the greater acceptance of individualism and the decline of the homophobic "macho male" culture that prevailed throughout most of the 2000s. In the '00s, you could be called gay for something as simple as ordering a craft beer instead of a Budweiser. If you were male and had any sense of fashion you were considered gay, unless you were emo. The more I think about it, the more I remember how much that any self-respecting heterosexual guy could NOT do during the 2000s that has nothing to do with sexuality at all, all because it was seen as gay. Couldn't order a strawberry lemonade or any fruity cocktail. Couldn't listen to anything but hip-hop or rock (dance/techno was a HUGE no-no and boy bands were even worse). All clothes had to be 2 sizes too large, because clothes that fit were gay. It was very difficult to remain secure in your sexuality last decade. I am really glad most of that has gone by the wayside.

Ugh, I remember this too. I was called gay for not manspreading while sitting on the stairs of all things. ::)

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 4:27 pm

I like the 2000s, but how is any of that sh*t gay?

In the 2000s, swinging your hands while walking was gay. You had to put your hands in your pockets. The social attitudes of the 2000s were just nasty.

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Written By:bchris02on03/21/16 at 4:28 pm

Ugh, I remember this too. I was called gay for not manspreading while sitting on the stairs of all things. ::)

Makes sense. Guys also had to cross their legs a certain way. If they went one leg completely over another, that was gay.

Two guys could not go to the movie theater together (unless they left a seat between them) or to a sit down restaurant. Male conversation had to remain shallow, usually about sports or sex, and not go into anything personal or emotional. It was pretty pathetic.

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Written By:bchris02on03/21/16 at 4:29 pm

In the 2000s, swinging your hands while walking was gay. You had to put your hands in your pockets. The social attitudes of the 2000s were just nasty.

Was about to post this. When standing you had to cross your arms also. Eeesh...bad memories.

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Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 4:32 pm

I like the 2000s, but how is any of that sh*t gay?

You didn't understand his post? Where have you been all these years? His post was real obvious to me. I remember in middle school when kids would call each other gay for all of those reasons he listed. Even if you accidentally admitted the word "gay" and didn't know how you were using it people would cross you off their friends list in a heartbeat. It's always been common for girls to wear tight clothes or undersized clothes, while most guys always wear regular fit clothes or larger. So before the hipster style of dressing got popular in the mid 2010's, most guys were called gay or homo for dressing up girly or wearing tight clothes unless they were emo liked bchris mentioned. However, it's always been common for homosexual people to dress the opposite of their sex, but NOT all are like this though.

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Written By:Howardon03/21/16 at 4:36 pm

Makes sense. Guys also had to cross their legs a certain way. If they went one leg completely over another, that was gay.

Two guys could not go to the movie theater together (unless they left a seat between them) or to a sit down restaurant. Male conversation had to remain shallow, usually about sports or sex, and not go into anything personal or emotional. It was pretty pathetic.

I hate that word man spreading, if I want to spread my legs then I will do so wherever and I don't care if my zipper is open.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 4:39 pm

You didn't understand his post? Where have you been all these years? His post was real obvious to me. I remember in middle school when kids would call each other gay for all of those reasons he listed. Even if you accidentally admitted the word "gay" and didn't know how you were using it people would cross you off their friends list in a heartbeat. It's always been common for girls to wear tight clothes or undersized clothes, while most guys always wear regular fit clothes or higher. So before the hipster style of dressing got popular in the mid 2010's, most guys were called gay or homo for dressing up girly or wearing right clothes unless they were emo liked bchris mentioned. However, it's always been common for homosexual people to dress the opposite of their sex, but NOT all are like this though.

Dude, nobody has ever called me gay. Especially in the 2000s. Although, if this was about stuff that seemed girly (since that was another slang for gay), I honestly never even been antagonized for that sh*t. For instance, I've been into Hello Kitty since 2007, and barely ANYBODY said to me that it was weird in my face. I was just wondering why the stuff bchris02 said is considered gay, since I barely knew anything about LGBT culture when I was a kid.

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Written By:bchris02on03/21/16 at 4:40 pm

You didn't understand his post? Where have you been all these years? His post was real obvious to me. I remember in middle school when kids would call each other gay for all of those reasons he listed. Even if you accidentally admitted the word "gay" and didn't know how you were using it people would cross you off their friends list in a heartbeat. It's always been common for girls to wear tight clothes or undersized clothes, while most guys always wear regular fit clothes or larger. So before the hipster style of dressing got popular in the mid 2010's, most guys were called gay or homo for dressing up girly or wearing tight clothes unless they were emo liked bchris mentioned. However, it's always been common for homosexual people to dress the opposite of their sex, but NOT all are like this though.

This is correct. If you were even suspected of being gay, nobody wanted anything to do with you. I envy '90s-borns coming of age in this decade where it is okay to be a little bit different.

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 4:40 pm

Makes sense. Guys also had to cross their legs a certain way. If they went one leg completely over another, that was gay.

Two guys could not go to the movie theater together (unless they left a seat between them) or to a sit down restaurant. Male conversation had to remain shallow, usually about sports or sex, and not go into anything personal or emotional. It was pretty pathetic.

Oh yeah I remember that. If you crossed your legs and they were even slightly at angle you were dead meat. I'm still too shy to cross my legs to this day, I can never get it to be perfectly straight. :(

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Written By:bchris02on03/21/16 at 4:41 pm

Dude, nobody has ever called me gay. Especially in the 2000s. Although, if this was about stuff that seemed girly (since that was another slang for gay), I honestly never even been antagonized for that sh*t. For instance, I've been into Hello Kitty since 2007, and barely ANYBODY said to me that it was weird in my face. I was just wondering why the stuff bchris02 said is considered gay, since I barely knew anything about LGBT culture when I was a kid.

It may be a different ballgame in New York. Here in the rural South everything I mentioned was actually considered gay, and it wasn't all that different in the larger cities in this part of the country either.

This stuff started to slowly change in the late '00s, with younger Millennials first.

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 4:42 pm

I hate that word man spreading, if I want to spread my legs then I will do so wherever and I don't care if my zipper is open.

;D I don't really know any other word for the way men sit with their legs apart, so I used manspreading.

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 4:45 pm

It may be a different ballgame in New York. Here in the rural South everything I mentioned was actually considered gay, and it wasn't all that different in the larger cities in this part of the country either.

I lived in Toronto in the 2000s and it was still pretty bad. Probably not as bad as the South though, I still had a lot of friends, especially girls because they didn't care about that stuff. The whole macho culture seems to be a 2000s thing for the entire Western world. I think NewYorkEagle missed it because he was still a kid. I don't remember 'gay' being used an insult that much in the early 2000s, probably because I was still a kid at the time, but I'm sure if I were older I would have went through the same thing I did in the other two thirds of the decade.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 4:49 pm

It may be a different ballgame in New York. Here in the rural South everything I mentioned was actually considered gay, and it wasn't all that different in the larger cities in this part of the country either.

This stuff started to slowly change in the late '00s, with younger Millennials first.

Yeah... maybe that's why. New York is pretty much liberal over LGBT rights, even in the 2000s. I think back then, if we enjoyed something that was girly (e.g. Hello Kitty) then it might be considered as weird to boys. Although, I haven't gave a f*ck.

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Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 4:51 pm

In the 2000s, swinging your hands while walking was gay. You had to put your hands in your pockets. The social attitudes of the 2000s were just nasty.

I remember people in middle school saying that you were gay if you wore the color purple because it represented Barney "the gay dinosaur". Yet nobody would say anything if you wore pink since they said tuff guys wear pink. How about your sports teams colored purple like LSU Tigers, Minnesota Vikings, or LA Lakers? I also hated it when people would play a game at the lunch table with their phones and would load up inappropriate photos on google images and tried to show it to you, and the rule was that if you accidentally looked at the bad or inappropriate photo you'd either be called "straight" or "gay" depending on what it was. I also hated it when gossip or rumors are spread around the school about a person who's being made fun of, and people are like "you don't ever talk to this person, and you don't ever put your eye on him, otherwise, you become gay and we don't talk to you no more." Every little thing caused people to get homophobic, and it made me homophobic for a while until I had to learn the hard way early in high school.

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Written By:bchris02on03/21/16 at 4:56 pm

I lived in Toronto in the 2000s and it was still pretty bad. Probably not as bad as the South though, I still had a lot of friends, especially girls because they didn't care about that stuff. The whole macho culture seems to be a 2000s thing for the entire Western world. I think NewYorkEagle missed it because he was still a kid. I don't remember 'gay' being used an insult that much in the early 2000s, probably because I was still a kid at the time, but I'm sure if I were older I would have went through the same thing I did in the other two thirds of the decade.

I agree with this. The early 2000s is when the homophobia started to get a lot worse. It was the absolute worst in the mid 2000s, when I was in college. The LGBT community at that time was starting to become more visible everywhere and I think the macho male culture was part of mainstream pop culture's backlash against it. I am also sure hip-hop didn't help much. The electropop era was when people finally started becoming more relaxed about things like sexuality and the stereotyping really started to decrease.

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Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 4:59 pm

Dude, nobody has ever called me gay. Especially in the 2000s. Although, if this was about stuff that seemed girly (since that was another slang for gay), I honestly never even been antagonized for that sh*t. For instance, I've been into Hello Kitty since 2007, and barely ANYBODY said to me that it was weird in my face. I was just wondering why the stuff bchris02 said is considered gay, since I barely knew anything about LGBT culture when I was a kid.

Probably because you didn't start middle school until 2010. I didn't even know what the word gay was until I entered middle school in 2007, that's how irrelevant young kids care about that stuff throughout their peak innocent childhood in elementary school. Throughout the whole 2000's decade middle school and high school students had to go through hearing all the gay jokes and insults. Sadly, the people who were making fun of folks gay or homosexual ended up becoming homophobic themselves at some point, some even had family issues and took that stuff seriously.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 5:00 pm

I lived in Toronto in the 2000s and it was still pretty bad. Probably not as bad as the South though, I still had a lot of friends, especially girls because they didn't care about that stuff. The whole macho culture seems to be a 2000s thing for the entire Western world. I think NewYorkEagle missed it because he was still a kid. I don't remember 'gay' being used an insult that much in the early 2000s, probably because I was still a kid at the time, but I'm sure if I were older I would have went through the same thing I did in the other two thirds of the decade.

Finally! Someone said it. Someone finally said it.

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Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 5:02 pm

It may be a different ballgame in New York. Here in the rural South everything I mentioned was actually considered gay, and it wasn't all that different in the larger cities in this part of the country either.

This stuff started to slowly change in the late '00s, with younger Millennials first.

Welp, I'm from Georgia. That explains it all according to you. By the way, as a younger millennial people still used the word "gay" harshly throughout my middle school days from late 2007-early 2010.

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Written By:Slim95on03/21/16 at 5:04 pm

One thing I like about the '10s is the greater acceptance of individualism and the decline of the homophobic "macho male" culture that prevailed throughout most of the 2000s. In the '00s, you could be called gay for something as simple as ordering a craft beer instead of a Budweiser. If you were male and had any sense of fashion you were considered gay, unless you were emo. The more I think about it, the more I remember how much that any self-respecting heterosexual guy could NOT do during the 2000s that has nothing to do with sexuality at all, all because it was seen as gay. Couldn't order a strawberry lemonade or any fruity cocktail. Couldn't listen to anything but hip-hop or rock (dance/techno was a HUGE no-no and boy bands were even worse). All clothes had to be 2 sizes too large, because clothes that fit were gay. It was very difficult to remain secure in your sexuality last decade. I am really glad most of that has gone by the wayside.

I didn't notice or remember any of that stuff. But there is no question LGBT is wayyy more accepted in the 10's than the 00's, which is definitely a positive thing about the 10's.

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 5:05 pm

I remember people in middle school saying that you were gay if you wore the color purple because it represented Barney "the gay dinosaur". Yet nobody would say anything if you wore pink since they said tuff guys wear pink. How about your sports teams colored purple like LSU Tigers, Minnesota Vikings, or LA Lakers? I also hated it when people would play a game at the lunch table with their phones and would load up inappropriate photos on google images and tried to show it to you, and the rule was that if you accidentally looked at the bad or inappropriate photo you'd either be called "straight" or "gay" depending on what it was. I also hated it when gossip or rumors are spread around the school about a person who's being made fun of, and people are like "you don't ever talk to this person, and you don't ever put your eye on him, otherwise, you become gay and we don't talk to you no more." Every little thing caused people to get homophobic, and it made me homophobic for a while until I had to learn the hard way early in high school.

Yeah it was not good to be wearing bright colours in the mid-2000s. Purple, orange and yellow were off limits. I remember we had this other game called "the circle game". People would lift one leg up, put their fingers in an O-shape (like you were saying things are a-okay), and put their hand below their leg. If you looked down and saw the "O", you were looking at an asshole, and you were gay, and the other person was allowed to beat you up. I took it lightly though, it was a pretty fun game ;D

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Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 5:06 pm

;D I don't really know any other word for the way men sit with their legs apart, so I used manspreading.

This too, almost all of my friends and acquaintances had their legs wide apart when sitting in their desk throughout middle school or high school. The key to being called "gay" was doing anything that seemed common for a female.

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Written By:Slim95on03/21/16 at 5:08 pm

I'm still stuck in the 00's. I wear a lot of dark black and baggy clothes and listen to early Eminem a lot.

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Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 5:10 pm

I agree with this. The early 2000s is when the homophobia started to get a lot worse. It was the absolute worst in the mid 2000s, when I was in college. The LGBT community at that time was starting to become more visible everywhere and I think the macho male culture was part of mainstream pop culture's backlash against it. I am also sure hip-hop didn't help much. The electropop era was when people finally started becoming more relaxed about things like sexuality and the stereotyping really started to decrease.

Yeah, that sounds about right. The mid-2000s when I was in middle school was by far the roughest, the late 2000s (when I was in high school) were improving but it wasn't until the really late 2000s when I felt like I didn't have to worry about my micro-movements.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 5:12 pm

Probably because you didn't start middle school until 2010. I didn't even know what the word gay was until I entered middle school in 2007, that's how irrelevant young kids care about that stuff throughout their peak innocent childhood in elementary school. Throughout the whole 2000's decade middle school and high school students had to go through hearing all the gay jokes and insults. Sadly, the people who were making fun of folks gay or homosexual ended up becoming homophobic themselves at some point, some even had family issues and took that stuff seriously.

Maybe I'm okay with being born in late 1999 because of that. I mean, I would rather be a 2000s teen because I'm miserable of this decade's pop culture, but that just startles me. I'll probably be okay with hiding my interests over Hello Kitty if I was one back in the late 2000s, but I don't know if it would help me. I know what being gay was back in elementary school, but not in the same way I understand now.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 5:13 pm

I'm still stuck in the 00's. I wear a lot of dark black and baggy clothes and listen to early Eminem a lot.

I wish I was stuck in the 2000s. The pop culture in this decade just makes me miserable every day.

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Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 5:16 pm

Yeah, that sounds about right. The mid-2000s when I was in middle school was by far the roughest, the late 2000s (when I was in high school) were improving but it wasn't until the really late 2000s when I felt like I didn't have to worry about my micro-movements.

For me it's when I started my freshman year of high school when that slowly calmed down. My first year of cross country, meeting new people in classes, and I learned why some people couldn't help it growing up as a "gay" person, and from that point on I was no longer homophobic. Although I've always been straight though.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 5:17 pm

I didn't notice or remember any of that stuff. But there is no question LGBT is wayyy more accepted in the 10's than the 00's, which is definitely a positive thing about the 10's.

Although, I would agree with that, but I don't think it's fully acceptable to be gay in this decade. If you been in the South, where almost everyone is homophobic, you're pretty much f*cked if you were gay.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Arrowstoneon03/21/16 at 5:27 pm

One thing I like about the '10s is the greater acceptance of individualism and the decline of the homophobic "macho male" culture that prevailed throughout most of the 2000s. In the '00s, you could be called gay for something as simple as ordering a craft beer instead of a Budweiser. If you were male and had any sense of fashion you were considered gay, unless you were emo. The more I think about it, the more I remember how much that any self-respecting heterosexual guy could NOT do during the 2000s that has nothing to do with sexuality at all, all because it was seen as gay. Couldn't order a strawberry lemonade or any fruity cocktail. Couldn't listen to anything but hip-hop or rock (dance/techno was a HUGE no-no and boy bands were even worse). All clothes had to be 2 sizes too large, because clothes that fit were gay. It was very difficult to remain secure in your sexuality last decade. I am really glad most of that has gone by the wayside.

Yes, when people get more relaxed about the whole gay thing, it not only helps gay people, but also straight people relax more in what they do.

manspreading

Such a stupid word. OK, there are guys almost splitting their legs, but in general, if I sit in total rest, my legs will go outwards automatically.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 5:29 pm

This is correct. If you were even suspected of being gay, nobody wanted anything to do with you. I envy '90s-borns coming of age in this decade where it is okay to be a little bit different.

I envy those a few years younger than me as well. When I see people on here wishing they were Jordan's age or wishing they were born in the late 70s, I'm screaming hell no! inside. ;D I think my teenage years would have gone much better if I were born 10 years later, and not spending my teen years in the 2000s. Although, if I were that young, I wouldn't be able to appreciate how good I have it.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:bchris02on03/21/16 at 5:30 pm

Although, I would agree with that, but I don't think it's fully acceptable to be gay in this decade. If you been in the South, where almost everyone is homophobic, you're pretty much f*cked if you were gay.

It isn't fully acceptable, but its better than it was in the 2000s. In my area, you don't want to be open and out of the closet because homophobia is still a big problem here. What has really changed however is the hysteria straight people had regarding "appearing" gay. I know some guys I graduated high school with who haven't moved on from that culture, but most people today won't object to going to the movies or a nice restaurant with a male friend, or wearing clothes that fit or ordering a craft beer or glass of wine. Heterosexual guys wouldn't have been okay with that in the mid 2000s. Most people no longer use "gay" as an insult, except for the jocks who are now 29 and 30 and haven't mentally moved past high school.

If you come out of the closet though and actually admit to being gay, it is still a problem in many parts of the country.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 5:30 pm

I wish I was stuck in the 2000s. The pop culture in this decade just makes me miserable every day.

The best part about the 2010's are the mainstream movies and TV shows. It keeps getting better and better. Music is still ok for me but hit or miss.

The political, lifestyle and worldly culture with Donald Trump, the riots, shootings by the police, ISIS, gun control, social media always growing & becoming more sensitive each day, etc. are the worst things about the 2010's.

I actually miss the early 2010's a lot more than I thought I would, but I'd still take the late 2000's any day over late 2014-present.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/21/16 at 5:32 pm

I still see the words 'f*****' and 'gay' tossed around YouTube comments sections pretty liberally. I know that's basically the underbelly of the Internet, but it does show there are still a lot of ignorant, prejudiced people out there, if Donald Trump's popularity wasn't already enough of an indication.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 5:36 pm

It isn't fully acceptable, but its better than it was in the 2000s. In my area, you don't want to be open and out of the closet because homophobia is still a big problem here. What has really changed however is the hysteria straight people had regarding "appearing" gay. I know some guys I graduated high school with who haven't moved on from that culture, but most people today won't object to going to the movies or a nice restaurant with a male friend, or wearing clothes that fit or ordering a craft beer or glass of wine. Heterosexual guys wouldn't have been okay with that in the mid 2000s. Most people no longer use "gay" as an insult, except for the jocks who are now 29 and 30 and haven't mentally moved past high school.

If you come out of the closet though and actually admit to being gay, it is still a problem in many parts of the country.

That's the point I've been making to people. Even in this decade, it isn't that acceptable being gay in the United States. Especially when Republican candidates are willing to ban same-sex marriage again.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:TheKid99on03/21/16 at 5:36 pm

You guys are lucky you do not go to a all-guys Catholic High School. ::) We still use some of that language even "gay" a little bit(and stylize it instead of "gay" its "gey"), though it seems like this senior class will be the last people to really be all about that, so goodie! :) There is a bit of a creepy undertone of homo-eroticism though. :o Though I am not gay myself I am glad that using that word is phasing out with the seniors and a bit of the juniors. :)

I can tell you that even where I am, we are much more open to discussing many things, politics, the world and many other things. You are no longer considered gay for talking about your feelings a little bit(Kairos which I will go to next year really helps with that as I have heard everyone even the macho cool guys cries by the end of it. Its a three day retreat where you open up to everyone.) The social cliques have relaxed a bit though they are still prevalent, you can sit down at any table pretty much.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 5:38 pm

Yes, when people get more relaxed about the whole gay thing, it not only helps gay people, but also straight people relax more in what they do.

Such a stupid word. OK, there are guys almost splitting their legs, but in general, if I sit in total rest, my legs will go outwards automatically.

That's true, but I was sitting on a narrow stairwell, so I put my legs close together so I don't get in the way of traffic. But apparently that was a "gay" thing to do.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 5:42 pm

I still see the words 'f*****' and 'gay' tossed around YouTube comments sections pretty liberally. I know that's basically the underbelly of the Internet, but it does show there are still a lot of ignorant, prejudiced people out there, if Donald Trump's popularity wasn't already enough of an indication.

I don't read YouTube comments mostly, so I haven't noticed this much fortunately. More reason to stay away.

However, in positive news, the usage of the word has decreased significantly on Twitter over the years.

http://www.nohomophobes.com/#!/all-time/

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Toonon03/21/16 at 5:43 pm

I still see the words 'f*****' and 'gay' tossed around YouTube comments sections pretty liberally. I know that's basically the underbelly of the Internet, but it does show there are still a lot of ignorant, prejudiced people out there, if Donald Trump's popularity wasn't already enough of an indication.

Well we all know how toxic the youtube comments can be. I'd never look at those when I'm searching for good discussions since nearly all the users bring a whole new meaning to the word 'immature'. But yes over millions of people go on Youtube. Whether I think the community is toxic or not doesn't remove the fact that we still have tons of ignorant/prejudice people in this world. It's not even on just Youtube either. Even in real life I've met people who're like this.

I don't read YouTube comments mostly, so I haven't noticed this much fortunately. More reason to stay away.

However, in positive news, the usage of the word has decreased significantly on Twitter over the years.

http://www.nohomophobes.com/#!/today/

I use a Google Chrome Plugin that removes the comment section. That way whenever I scroll down all I'd see is a blank space. The video, the related video section, name and everything thing else is still there. But no comment section. Trust me when I say that it has made Youtube 100 times better to the point where I don't think I'd ever remove the plugin.

And I'm happy that the use of the word has declined over the years.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mxcrashxmon03/21/16 at 5:46 pm

It seems that there wasn't much homophobia here in the west back in the mid 2000s. None of my friends or anyone I knew were tossing those two words back and forth. Heck, we even listened to R&B and female singers at that time as well and not one person was criticized for their choice music.

I don't know if this will help, but I attended a middle school that was predominantly Caucasian and I (nor anyone else I knew) didn't witness much homophobia at all.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 5:46 pm

The best part about the 2010's are the mainstream movies and TV shows.

Well... I do like some mainstream movies from this decade. The TV shows are at least great. They could be similar to popular ones in the 2000s. But I wouldn't be nostalgic over them in the future.

It keeps getting better and better. Music is still ok for me but hit or miss.

The only songs I liked from the core 2010s were "I Love It" by Icona Pop, and "Sorry" by Justin Bieber. But I do respect for the fact that they're mostly hit or miss.

The political, lifestyle and worldly culture with Donald Trump, the riots, shootings by the police, ISIS, gun control, social media always growing & becoming more sensitive each day, etc. are the worst things about the 2010's.

True.

I actually miss the early 2010's a lot more than I thought I would, but I'd still take the late 2000's any day over late 2014-present.

Yeah. Even though the late 2000s were dominated by George W. Bush, I would take it over the mid 2010s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 5:50 pm

It seems that there wasn't much homophobia here in the west back in the mid 2000s. None of my friends or anyone I knew were tossing those two words back and forth. Heck, we even listened to R&B and female singers at that time as well and not one person was criticized for their choice music.

I don't know if this will help, but I attended a middle school that was predominantly Caucasian and I (nor anyone else I knew) didn't witness much homophobia at all.

I guess it was very different in the West Coast. I for one, barely heard of anybody calling people gay in New York. However, I didn't experience middle school until 2010, so I probably missed the homophobic culture back then.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 5:55 pm

I use a Google Chrome Plugin that removes the comment section. That way whenever I scroll down all I'd see is a blank space. The video, the related video section, name and everything thing else is still there. But no comment section. Trust me when I say that it has made Youtube 100 times better to the point where I don't think I'd ever remove the plugin.

And I'm happy that the use of the word has declined over the years.

I wish I used Google Chrome at that point, since the YouTube community is pretty much cancerous now.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/21/16 at 6:11 pm

I guess it was very different in the West Coast. I for one, barely heard of anybody calling people gay in New York. However, I didn't experience middle school until 2010, so I probably missed the homophobic culture back then.

I'm from the West Coast and I distinctly remember people at my school still using gay slurs as late as 12th grade (2010-2011).

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 6:13 pm

I'm from the West Coast and I distinctly remember people at my school still using gay slurs as late as 12th grade (2010-2011).

Well okay. They were still homophobic in the early 2010s, especially in the same year I attended middle school in 6th grade. But it's not like people are entirely friendly over homosexuals at this day and age.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 6:14 pm

It seems that there wasn't much homophobia here in the west back in the mid 2000s. None of my friends or anyone I knew were tossing those two words back and forth. Heck, we even listened to R&B and female singers at that time as well and not one person was criticized for their choice music.

I don't know if this will help, but I attended a middle school that was predominantly Caucasian and I (nor anyone else I knew) didn't witness much homophobia at all.

I'm not sure about that. Prop 8 passed in California in 2008. I lived in a different country, but I was still devastated by the results. As for day to day living, I can't really comment but it might be better to get an actual gay person's input. I know a lot of Canadians who think homophobia died in 2003/2005 and that we were super enlightened long before that, but that is a complete whitewashing of history. Homophobia is still a thing to an extent, to this very day. If you watch some movies like "Friends With Benefits" (terrible movie, released 2011), you can see that calling a character "gay" can be a way to emasculate someone. Basically the character is artsy and everyone calls him gay so he doesn't get any girlfriends. Most straight people wouldn't even notice that, but if you're gay you become hyper aware of these things.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/21/16 at 6:21 pm

I'm not sure about that. Prop 8 passed in California in 2008. I lived in a different country, but I was still devastated by the results.

Proposition 8 was actually the main factor that got me aware of LGBT politics. Up until the Yes on 8 commercials appearing on tv and especially the initiative passing, I didn't realize there was still such an embarrassing level of discrimination against gay people. Though I already knew I was trans for a few years, I didn't know much about gays or their place in society until that point; I actually attended a wedding in 2004 for my lesbian aunt with my family, so it seemed like it should be taken for granted that people of the same sex can fall in love and live together. But regardless, the upset passage of Prop 8 was pretty much what galvanized the LGBT movement into the productive juggernaut it has been in the 2010s because it opened so many eyes, not just my own.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:musicguy93on03/21/16 at 6:30 pm

I'm from the West Coast and I distinctly remember people at my school still using gay slurs as late as 12th grade (2010-2011).

I was living in Santa Cruz during the 2010-2011 school year, and kid were still using gay slurs there as well.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 6:34 pm

Even though I was in middle school during the 2010-2011 school year, I never witnessed any anti-gay comments. Maybe it wasn't popular towards mid-late 2000s kids where I live.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 6:47 pm

Proposition 8 was actually the main factor that got me aware of LGBT politics. Up until the Yes on 8 commercials appearing on tv and especially the initiative passing, I didn't realize there was still such an embarrassing level of discrimination against gay people. Though I already knew I was trans for a few years, I didn't know much about gays or their place in society until that point; I actually attended a wedding in 2004 for my lesbian aunt with my family, so it seemed like it should be taken for granted that people of the same sex can fall in love and live together. But regardless, the upset passage of Prop 8 was pretty much what galvanized the LGBT movement into the productive juggernaut it has been in the 2010s because it opened so many eyes, not just my own.

That's really fascinating. I don't even live in the US, but I also remember Prop 8 getting heavy air time on the news in Canada, and it was a popular social media topic among kids in my class (like how Cecil the tiger became a hot topic, so did Prop 8). It was around that time I noticed homophobia becoming uncool and being progressive became trendy. It really opened up people's eyes to the plight of the LGBT community. I also agree with you that it was exactly at that moment when the LGBT rights movement kicked into hyperdrive, with a lot more activist feet on the ground. In 2010, Prop 8 was struck down and Don't Ask Don't Tell was repealed a few weeks later, the dominoes were starting to fall.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mxcrashxmon03/21/16 at 7:06 pm

I'm not sure about that. Prop 8 passed in California in 2008. I lived in a different country, but I was still devastated by the results. As for day to day living, I can't really comment but it might be better to get an actual gay person's input. I know a lot of Canadians who think homophobia died in 2003/2005 and that we were super enlightened long before that, but that is a complete whitewashing of history. Homophobia is still a thing to an extent, to this very day. If you watch some movies like "Friends With Benefits" (terrible movie, released 2011), you can see that calling a character "gay" can be a way to emasculate someone. Basically the character is artsy and everyone calls him gay so he doesn't get any girlfriends. Most straight people wouldn't even notice that, but if you're gay you become hyper aware of these things. Yeah, that was awful when it passed. I remember watching the news when the anchorpeople announced it. It basically set us back to square one. It was weird since California is a liberal state. Maybe because there was Republican president ast the time.

I'm from the West Coast and I distinctly remember people at my school still using gay slurs as late as 12th grade (2010-2011).

I was living in Santa Cruz during the 2010-2011 school year, and kid were still using gay slurs there as well.

I'm not saying that no one was was barely using those slurs. Yes, there was still homophobia as did I hear it and it was negative, but it really wasn't as bad like in the south.

If you guys want to know, when I was in 7th grade, I was asked by someone on the bus if I was gay of if I liked guys (probably he witnessed me doing certain things that would perceive a person non-straight) and I unknowingly said yes.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mxcrashxmon03/21/16 at 7:15 pm

That's really fascinating. I don't even live in the US, but I also remember Prop 8 getting heavy air time on the news in Canada, and it was a popular social media topic among kids in my class (like how Cecil the tiger became a hot topic, so did Prop 8). It was around that time I noticed homophobia becoming uncool and being progressive became trendy. It really opened up people's eyes to the plight of the LGBT community. I also agree with you that it was exactly at that moment when the LGBT rights movement kicked into hyperdrive, with a lot more activist feet on the ground. In 2010, Prop 8 was struck down and Don't Ask Don't Tell was repealed a few weeks later, the dominoes were starting to fall. I noticed this as well. As soon as those laws were gone, there began to be more acceptance. Oh and at my HS, there was a club for the LGBT and one of the days throughout the year they had a silence day where they would acknowledge those who have been criticized for being LGBT.

Do you also think the music being electro-pop and the fashion being colorful changed the attitudes regarding LGBT?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/21/16 at 7:21 pm

I noticed this as well. As soon as those laws were gone, there began to be more acceptance. Oh and at my HS, there was a club for the LGBT and one of the days throughout the year they had a silence day where they would acknowledge those who have been criticized for being LGBT.

Do you also think the music being electro-pop and the fashion being colorful changed the attitudes regarding LGBT?

My high school also had a silence day to acknowledge anyone who's either lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 7:24 pm

Yeah, that was awful when it passed. I remember watching the news when the anchorpeople announced it. It basically set us back to square one. It was weird since California is a liberal state. Maybe because there was Republican president ast the time.

I'm not saying that no one was was barely using those slurs. Yes, there was still homophobia as did I hear it and it was negative, but it really wasn't as bad like in the south.

If you guys want to know, when I was in 7th grade, I was asked by someone on the bus if I was gay of if I liked guys (probably he witnessed me doing certain things that would perceive a person non-straight) and I unknowingly said yes.

;D ;D ;D

Prop 8 vote took place on the same day as the 2008 election actually. It's so strange to think the same day that so many Democrats came out to vote for Obama, many also ticked off yes to outlawing same sex marriage.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 7:27 pm

I noticed this as well. As soon as those laws were gone, there began to be more acceptance. Oh and at my HS, there was a club for the LGBT and one of the days throughout the year they had a silence day where they would acknowledge those who have been criticized for being LGBT.

Do you also think the music being electro-pop and the fashion being colorful changed the attitudes regarding LGBT?

My school had a gay straight alliance club. We didn't have a day of silence, but we did have "Day of Pink" where you wear a pink shirt to school, after a kid was bullied at school for wearing pink one day in the eastern part of Canada.

I think the acceptance of gay rights came first and then electropop and colourful fashion followed.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 7:32 pm

I don't read YouTube comments mostly, so I haven't noticed this much fortunately. More reason to stay away.

However, in positive news, the usage of the word has decreased significantly on Twitter over the years.

http://www.nohomophobes.com/#!/all-time/

It seems like most of the Youtube comments are dominated by teenagers. I've noticed this, because I remember commenting on Youtube back in 2008 & 2009 always feeling like the youngest one for awhile watching every Youtube video, whether it was a tag video, rant video, tutorial video, video gameplay, or nostalgic video. Now since I've graduated high school up to now I feel like the oldest one looking at Youtube comments. I think a lot of it depends on what you follow too. It seems like all of the college students spend time posting on blogs/websites like these or other mature sites instead of posting on Youtube with all the immaturity.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 7:34 pm

I'm from the West Coast and I distinctly remember people at my school still using gay slurs as late as 12th grade (2010-2011).

This.

but I'm on the east coast and in the south in Georgia so it was worse here of course.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/21/16 at 7:44 pm

Yeah, that was awful when it passed. I remember watching the news when the anchorpeople announced it. It basically set us back to square one. It was weird since California is a liberal state. Maybe because there was Republican president ast the time.

It was a close call, and a lot of people who voted yes did so on accident, but I think one of the key reasons the initiative passed is because a lot of California's liberal voter base is Hispanic, and while they tend to be economically progressive, a fair number of them are also catholic traditionalists who don't support things like same-sex marriage or abortions, even if they're registered Democrats. They're still way more open-minded than white southerners, and they've become a lot more progressive on LGBT issues in the past several years, but there definitely hasn't historically been the same foundation for LGBT movements within the Hispanic American community as there has for middle-upper class urban whites.

The city of Santa Ana, for example, had one of the highest turnouts for Barack Obama in Orange County, yet it also said yes on Prop 8 by 61.82% (they also had the highest yes percentage for the abortion-inhibiting Proposition 4); conversely, Newport Beach, a heavily affluent, white city, has generally tended to vote among the most heavily in favor of Republicans in the county, yet it also came alarmingly close to voting no on Prop 8, with only 51.52% of the population saying yes (they did vote no on Prop 4), higher only than Laguna Beach, Aliso Viejo, Irvine, Dana Point, and Costa Mesa in Orange County. Even some of the non-coastal suburban cities in Orange County, like Mission Viejo and Lake Forrest, voted more liberally on these initiatives than the predominantly Hispanic Santa Ana did. It's ironic that in many cases in California, the rich, stuffy, suburban Republicans have voted more progressively on social issues than the Democratic minority class, something that would not be the case in a state like Texas (excluding Austin). San Diego is pretty similar; wealthy suburbs like Scripps Ranch, Carlsbad, and Carmel Valley have voted far more liberally on gay marriage than the South Bay, which has a particularly high concentration of Hispanics, even though urban areas like North Park and Mission Hills, as well as parts of the North County Coast like Leucadia and Del Mar, are far more socially progressive still.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mxcrashxmon03/21/16 at 8:04 pm

My high school also had a silence day to acknowledge anyone who's either lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

My school had a gay straight alliance club. We didn't have a day of silence, but we did have "Day of Pink" where you wear a pink shirt to school, after a kid was bullied at school for wearing pink one day in the eastern part of Canada.

I think the acceptance of gay rights came first and then electropop and colourful fashion followed. Ahhhh nice! And that's what it was called here as well.

And that's great. A day of pink would be a good idea here as well. That way, one for silence and one for pink.

;D ;D ;D

Prop 8 vote took place on the same day as the 2008 election actually. It's so strange to think the same day that so many Democrats came out to vote for Obama, many also ticked off yes to outlawing same sex marriage. Yeah, at least we killed it about 2 years later in 2010 and have gotten back on track especially with LGBT marriage being legal since last year.

And yeah, it was embarrassing ;D. Oh also with regarding music, I listened to plenty of female artists back in the mid '00s such as Rihanna, Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Shakira, Mariah Carey, and the singer Jojo and I wasn't afraid at all :) ;D

It was a close call, and a lot of people who voted yes did so on accident, but I think one of the key reasons the initiative passed is because a lot of California's liberal voter base is Hispanic, and while they tend to be economically progressive, a fair number of them are also catholic traditionalists who don't support things like same-sex marriage or abortions, even if they're registered Democrats. They're still way more open-minded than white southerners, and they've become a lot more progressive on LGBT issues in the past several years, but there definitely hasn't historically been the same foundation for LGBT movements within the Hispanic American community as there has for middle-upper class urban whites.

The city of Santa Ana, for example, had one of the highest turnouts for Barack Obama in Orange County, yet it also said yes on Prop 8 by 61.82% (they also had the highest yes percentage for the abortion-inhibiting Proposition 4); conversely, Newport Beach, a heavily affluent, white city, has generally tended to vote among the most heavily in favor of Republicans in the county, yet it also came alarmingly close to voting no on Prop 8, with only 51.52% of the population saying yes (they did vote no on Prop 4), higher only than Laguna Beach, Aliso Viejo, Irvine, Dana Point, and Costa Mesa in Orange County. Even some of the non-coastal suburban cities in Orange County, like Mission Viejo and Lake Forrest, voted more liberally on these initiatives than the predominantly Hispanic Santa Ana did. It's ironic that in many cases in California, the rich, stuffy, suburban Republicans have voted more progressively on social issues than the Democratic minority class, something that would not be the case in a state like Texas (excluding Austin). San Diego is pretty similar; wealthy suburbs like Scripps Ranch, Carlsbad, and Carmel Valley have voted far more liberally on gay marriage than the South Bay, which has a particularly high concentration of Hispanics, even though urban areas like North Park and Mission Hills, as well as parts of the North County Coast like Leucadia and Del Mar, are far more socially progressive still. That's true especially since most of the Hispanic population is here in this state. I have many friends who are Hispanic and they are definitely Catholics. As for the issues like abortion, I'm sure they're against it as some of them already have kids and would not trade them over for something better.

Now for your second statement, that's really weird. Despite this state being liberal, we seem to be in reverse with some issues compared to the south.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/21/16 at 8:49 pm

Of course there is still homophobia, just like there is still racism. I'm not sure these two types of bigotry can be compared though.

I can definitely see homophobia still huge, even in a year like 1995. Even the late 1990's was just the beginning of gays being accepted. Remember Ellen DeGeneres coming out in 1997? People were a bit cruel to her.

I remember GLBTS, etc, type groups being available at my brother's high school in the early 00's, like around 2002. I remember as the early 00's became the mid-00's, there were even more GLBTS groups being formed.

And the Matthew Shepard murder of 1998 is pretty scary stuff. I do feel that by the mid-00s, homosexuality is more acceptable than even in a year like 1999. Crazy how just a few years can make such a difference.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/21/16 at 9:23 pm

The funny thing is, I would still feel more comfortable in general, even as a lesbian, during the 2000s and maybe even the 90s, just for the fact that I would connect far better with others over just about everything else besides my sexuality. I'd rather be denied the right to marriage and have a fair number of people being openly uncomfortable with me, so long as I had a small trusting few who I got along well with, than to have the right to marry yet hardly anybody to really connect with on a personal level and thus nobody to marry anyway.

It's a lot like what JordanK1982 has said about the 1980s - the decade may have had a conformist facade, but there were still vibrant underground niche communities that weren't ruined by social media; it's very different from the 2010s, which profess themselves to be diverse yet are technically the most conformist time in several decades.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:apollonia1986on03/21/16 at 9:53 pm

The 2010s will only be the greatest to me if I see 3T perform live, be able to fit into my micro-mini skirt and get my picture taken with Taryll Jackson without having an asthma attack.

Oh yeah, and Bernie Sanders becomes president over that loudmouthed man with the horrible tan. ::)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 9:54 pm

The funny thing is, I would still feel more comfortable in general, even as a lesbian, during the 2000s and maybe even the 90s, just for the fact that I would connect far better with others over just about everything else besides my sexuality. I'd rather be denied the right to marriage and have a fair number of people being openly uncomfortable with me, so long as I had a small trusting few who I got along well with, than to have the right to marry yet hardly anybody to really connect with on a personal level and thus nobody to marry anyway.

It's a lot like what JordanK1982 has said about the 1980s - the decade may have had a conformist facade, but there were still vibrant underground niche communities that weren't ruined by social media; it's very different from the 2010s, which profess themselves to be diverse yet are technically the most conformist time in several decades.

Why do you feel like you would have connected with others better in the 2000s?

The 2010s will only be the greatest to me if I see 3T perform live, be able to fit into my micro-mini skirt and get my picture taken with Taryll Jackson without having an asthma attack.

;D I hope that comes true.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/21/16 at 9:55 pm

The 2010s will only be the greatest to me if I see 3T perform live, be able to fit into my micro-mini skirt and get my picture taken with Taryll Jackson without having an asthma attack.

Oh yeah, and Bernie Sanders becomes president over that loudmouthed man with the horrible tan. ::)

Bold prediction! ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 10:05 pm

Bold prediction! ;)

He's going to get slaughtered in Arizona. I love Bernie, but I think my love for short campaigns wins out. He should have dropped out last week :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon03/21/16 at 10:07 pm

Why do you feel like you would have connected with others better in the 2000s?

It felt like there were more vibrant centers of expression, with online forums being far more popular than social media. Back in the 2000s, I was able to connect with others easily despite my starkly unique interests, thanks to active online communities that supported them. For DDR, I visited DDR Freak, DDREvolved, and Bemanistyle; for eurobeat music, I went to Eurobeat Prime. These websites are either now defunct or significantly less active, and it's hard to find many other forums like them where big ideas are actually embraced as opposed to groupthink social media centers. The mere fact that I still spend most of my online activity on an Internet board like this instead of Twitter or Instagram shows just how old school I am when it comes to the web.

Additionally, music and video games were a lot more diverse in the 2000s, not to mention social attitudes were mostly still pretty laid-back and not overly politically correct. There were still a fair number of video games and songs/albums that I was interested in during the 2000s or that I could connect with others over, though more so during the first half of the decade. Nowadays, everybody seems interested in the same junk, or at least predominantly stuff I have little interest in.

The constant use of homophobic slurs, especially by bros and jocks, was unfortunate, but at least you could still very much find your wonderland, even if you were a social outcast.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:TheKid99on03/21/16 at 10:18 pm

I feel like its the same for every decade since the 1980sThe Seven Stages of Decade NostalgiaStage 1: During the Decade we all hate it and look back on "the good old days"Stage 2: Right after the decade there is a bit of backlash against the trends and new pop culture is establishedStage 3: A few years removed we start getting kind of nostalgic but not with overwhelmingly rosy glasses.Stage 4: 5-10 years after the decade we start looking at the nostalgia in very rosy glasses.Stage 5: Nostalgia becomes mainstream, "oh those were the days", "Dont you remember the N64, that was so much better than the XBOX 360!", "I want to go back to the 90s". Impacts the decades fashion slightlyStage 6: The media plays into the nostalgia and everyone starts getting tired of the nostalgia, starts declining.Stage 7: Whatever decade we were looking back on with rosy glasses becomes a distant memory, and with this we can look back on the decade with the best hindsight, a new decade nostalgia overtakes the older decade.

In 5-10 years we will look back on the 2010s with rosy glasses.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 10:23 pm

It felt like there were more vibrant centers of expression, with online forums being far more popular than social media. Back in the 2000s, I was able to connect with others easily despite my starkly unique interests, thanks to active online communities that supported them. For DDR, I visited DDR Freak, DDREvolved, and Bemanistyle; for eurobeat music, I went to Eurobeat Prime. These websites are either now defunct or significantly less active, and it's hard to find many other forums like them where big ideas are actually embraced as opposed to groupthink social media centers. The mere fact that I still spend most of my online activity on an Internet board like this instead of Twitter or Instagram shows just how old school I am when it comes to the web.

Additionally, music and video games were a lot more diverse in the 2000s, not to mention social attitudes were mostly still pretty laid-back and not overly politically correct. There were still a fair number of video games and songs/albums that I was interested in during the 2000s or that I could connect with others over, though more so during the first half of the decade. Nowadays, everybody seems interested in the same junk, or at least predominantly stuff I have little interest in.

The constant use of homophobic slurs, especially by bros and jocks, was unfortunate, but at least you could still very much find your wonderland, even if you were a social outcast.

I think that has more to do with DDR dying out, rather than communities of that type dying out. This isn't the only forum I go on, there are actually two other ones I go on. Though I can see what you mean with becoming less active. There's a possible chance that some have moved on to Reddit. Now I personally hate Reddit because I hate the stupid upvote system, and most the site is cancerous IMO, but it could be possible that the community moved there and that is why those forums you listed are less active, and Reddit is a good way for niche subcommunities to form.

I see what you mean about the video games/music. Some of the genres in the 2000s were better and possible non-existent in the 2010s. Although, in terms of video games, since I'm a huge Nintendo fanboy and we're becoming ever so rarer, whenever I take my 3DS out in public or see someone else playing one, I regularly get caught up in conversation with strangers talking about Nintendo things. :o Although I can see from your perspective as a DDR fangirl, there aren't really as many people playing that game these days.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 10:25 pm

I feel like its the same for every decade since the 1980sThe Seven Stages of Decade NostalgiaStage 1: During the Decade we all hate it and look back on "the good old days"Stage 2: Right after the decade there is a bit of backlash against the trends and new pop culture is establishedStage 3: A few years removed we start getting kind of nostalgic but not with overwhelmingly rosy glasses.Stage 4: 5-10 years after the decade we start looking at the nostalgia in very rosy glasses.Stage 5: Nostalgia becomes mainstream, "oh those were the days", "Dont you remember the N64, that was so much better than the XBOX 360!", "I want to go back to the 90s". Impacts the decades fashion slightlyStage 6: The media plays into the nostalgia and everyone starts getting tired of the nostalgia, starts declining.Stage 7: Whatever decade we were looking back on with rosy glasses becomes a distant memory, and with this we can look back on the decade with the best hindsight, a new decade nostalgia overtakes the older decade.

In 5-10 years we will look back on the 2010s with rosy glasses.

5 years from now will probably be the 2010s backlash! ;D I think 15-20 years is probably more like it. ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 10:42 pm

LOL what would the schedule look like?

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Need to make time for poetry and hair straightening class.

First class: Poetry for Hacks Second class: MySpace for DweebsNo lunch because too depressed so sit inside and be a bitch about the world Third class: Hair dye for DorksForth class: Tight Pants for Wimps

In the 2000s, swinging your hands while walking was gay. You had to put your hands in your pockets. The social attitudes of the 2000s were just nasty.

What universe did you guys live for the 2000s to be this bad!? I do not remember XXL clothing after 2003. Loose sh!tty faded jeans, yes but not anything too baggy like 90s-2003.

I hate that word man spreading, if I want to spread my legs then I will do so wherever and I don't care if my zipper is open.

Me too. It's just my way of showing my dominance as king of the animal kingdom over the cretins. If my zipper is open it's because I have the privileges the lowly peasants do not.

I'm still stuck in the 00's. I wear a lot of dark black and baggy clothes and listen to early Eminem a lot.

I wish I was stuck in the 2000s. The pop culture in this decade just makes me miserable every day.

The only 00's I'm stuck in are 2000/2001/2002. Not even real 00's years.

I envy those a few years younger than me as well. When I see people on here wishing they were Jordan's age or wishing they were born in the late 70s, I'm screaming hell no! inside. ;D I think my teenage years would have gone much better if I were born 10 years later, and not spending my teen years in the 2000s. Although, if I were that young, I wouldn't be able to appreciate how good I have it.

Dude, my teen years were sick. I would love to live in 1995-2002 forever.

https://static.boker.de/images/zoom/02mb399.jpgWhy don't I give you an ass whooping! >:(

Damn right! Howard's gonna kick some ass!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 10:59 pm

Fashion didn't really start to slim down until 2007/2008 (with it becoming skinny in 2009/2010). 2005 was supper baggy, not even women wore tight jeans that year.

Class of 2006

http://mrhalverson.com/2005-06-second-cropped.jpg

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/21/16 at 11:03 pm

Guys! Guys! Stop the violence! :\'( :\'( :\'(

/satire/

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 11:07 pm

Guys! Guys! Stop the violence! :\'( :\'( :\'(

/satire/

What the f*ck did you just f*cking say about me, you little b*tch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the f*ck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my f*cking words. You think you can get away with saying that sh*t to me over the Internet? Think again, f*cker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re f*cking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little sh*t. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your f*cking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will sh*t fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re f*cking dead, kiddo.

jk ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:09 pm

Fashion didn't really start to slim down until 2007/2008 (with it becoming skinny in 2009/2010). 2005 was supper baggy, not even women wore tight jeans that year.

Class of 2006

http://mrhalverson.com/2005-06-second-cropped.jpg

That doesn't look super baggy at all. Relaxed, yes but not XXXXXXXL like maybe even two years before. Hell, that one guy has the super wings haircut, too! Those are normal fitted women's jeans for sure and they all have that generic Mean Girls look (with less pink).

It's so bland that I could tell it was 2005 and 2006 from a mile away!

Here's more:

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2005/01/StudentGroupLG.jpg

http://www.rockensemble.com/groups/05-06/20060429group1.jpg

What the f*ck did you just f*cking say about me, you little b*tch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the f*ck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my f*cking words. You think you can get away with saying that sh*t to me over the Internet? Think again, f*cker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re f*cking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little sh*t. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your f*cking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will sh*t fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re f*cking dead, kiddo.

jk ;D

u wanna scrap wid me u f*ckr i was born in the 90s bitch i am forsted tips nu metal alpha male like 2002 i survived the nu millennimum (lol nu millenum get it its the nu metal millenum)

lol GEN Z WHAT WHAT WHAT

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/21/16 at 11:12 pm

What the f*ck did you just f*cking say about me, you little b*tch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the f*ck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my f*cking words. You think you can get away with saying that sh*t to me over the Internet? Think again, f*cker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re f*cking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little sh*t. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your f*cking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will sh*t fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re f*cking dead, kiddo.

jk ;D

If I didn't know you well enough, I'd be soooooo offended. ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/21/16 at 11:14 pm

That doesn't look super baggy at all. Relaxed, yes but not XXXXXXXL like maybe even two years before. Hell, that one guy has the super wings haircut, too! Those are normal fitted women's jeans for sure and they all have that generic Mean Girls look (with less pink).

It's so bland that I could tell it was 2005 and 2006 from a mile away!

Here's more:

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2005/01/StudentGroupLG.jpg

http://www.rockensemble.com/groups/05-06/20060429group1.jpg

u wanna scrap wid me u f*ckr i was born in the 90s bitch i am forsted tips nu metal alpha male like 2002 i survived the nu millennimum (lol nu millenum get it its the nu metal millenum)

lol GEN Z WHAT WHAT WHAT

You youngins' really know your fashion and your videogames. :.ducks:.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 11:17 pm

That doesn't look super baggy at all. Relaxed, yes but not XXXXXXXL like maybe even two years before. Hell, that one guy has the super wings haircut, too! Those are normal fitted women's jeans for sure and they all have that generic Mean Girls look (with less pink).

It's so bland that I could tell it was 2005 and 2006 from a mile away!

Here's more:

u wanna scrap wid me u f*ckr i was born in the 90s bitch i am forsted tips nu metal alpha male like 2002 i survived the nu millennimum (lol nu millenum get it its the nu metal millenum)

lol GEN Z WHAT WHAT WHAT

That doesn't look any slimmer than the early 2000s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll-lia-FEIY

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:18 pm

You youngins' really know your fashion and your videogames. :.ducks:.

Fashion went down the tubes in 2004. Jesus, the real 00's are a generic wasteland of wing hair and bad jeans. Take me back to 2000, please!

That doesn't look any slimmer than the early 2000s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll-lia-FEIY

Dude, it's so much slimmer than the early 00's. Early 00's were all about XXXXXXL dickies and shirts that go down to your elbows. This is the Nu Metal era. Compared to 2000-2002, 2005 slimmed down a lot.

Also, that video is very educational. I did not know where babies had come from until now.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/21/16 at 11:22 pm

Fashion went down the tubes in 2004. Jesus, the real 00's are a generic wasteland of wing hair and bad jeans. Take me back to 2000, please!

Dude, it's so much slimmer than the early 00's. Early 00's were all about XXXXXXL dickies and shirts that go down to your elbows. This is the Nu Metal era. Compared to 2000-2002, 2005 slimmed down a lot.

Also, that video is very educational. I did not know where babies had come from until now.

Do you remember low rise jeans? Are they popular anymore?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 11:23 pm

Fashion went down the tubes in 2004. Jesus, the real 00's are a generic wasteland of wing hair and bad jeans. Take me back to 2000, please!

Dude, it's so much slimmer than the early 00's. Early 00's were all about XXXXXXL dickies and shirts that go down to your elbows. This is the Nu Metal era. Compared to 2000-2002, 2005 slimmed down a lot.

Also, that video is very educational. I did not know where babies had come from until now.

The dudes in your second pic have spikey hair. Also, I don't notice the difference in baginess compared to the early 2000s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:28 pm

Do you remember low rise jeans? Are they popular anymore?

Yep, I definitely do. I remember low rise jeans being more of a provocative club fashion than anything else. Outside of clubs, I don't remember being them that common (maybe in the mid 00's they got more popular but I don't seeing them everywhere in 2000-2002). I don't think they've been popular since the late 00's.

If I were straight, I would probably have a different perspective. To me, it looks like a painful wedgie. :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:32 pm

If I were straight, I would probably have a different perspective. To me, it looks like a painful wedgie. :P

I am straight and I think this is an awful fashion! Pull ya pants up!!

Jesus, sagging has been popular for over 20 years... :o

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/21/16 at 11:33 pm

I am straight and I think this is an awful fashion! Pull ya pants up!!

Jesus, sagging has been popular for over 20 years... :o

Is it still popular? Sagging, that is!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:34 pm

Is it still popular? Sagging, that is!

Oh yeah! I see dorks sagging their skinny jeans all the time.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 11:34 pm

Is it still popular? Sagging, that is!

The last person I saw do it was Justin Bieber a few weeks ago.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:37 pm

The last person I saw do it was Justin Bieber a few weeks ago.

Last time the discussion of sagging came up, you said "oh those are just regular low rise jeans." ::)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 11:39 pm

Last time the discussion of sagging came up, you said "oh those are just regular low rise jeans." ::)

That wasn't sagging though.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:41 pm

That wasn't sagging though.

It totally was! The crotch to waist space was too long to be low rise jeans. :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/21/16 at 11:42 pm

Since it's cool and edgy. I'm going to do it too. ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:44 pm

Since it's cool and edgy. I'm going to do it too. ;D

If you wear a backwards red cap, you will be even cooler! :D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/21/16 at 11:45 pm

Probably because you didn't start middle school until 2010. I didn't even know what the word gay was until I entered middle school in 2007, that's how irrelevant young kids care about that stuff throughout their peak innocent childhood in elementary school. Throughout the whole 2000's decade middle school and high school students had to go through hearing all the gay jokes and insults. Sadly, the people who were making fun of folks gay or homosexual ended up becoming homophobic themselves at some point, some even had family issues and took that stuff seriously.

Honestly, Nas's Hip Hop is Dead from 2006 was when I first understood gay was. ;D ;D ;D It's only because I misunderstood the lyrics. ;D ;D ;D ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/21/16 at 11:47 pm

The best part about the 2010's are the mainstream movies and TV shows. It keeps getting better and better. Music is still ok for me but hit or miss.

The political, lifestyle and worldly culture with Donald Trump, the riots, shootings by the police, ISIS, gun control, social media always growing & becoming more sensitive each day, etc. are the worst things about the 2010's. I actually miss the early 2010's a lot more than I thought I would, but I'd still take the late 2000's any day over late 2014-present.

This.... :D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 11:48 pm

It totally was! The crotch to waist space was too long to be low rise jeans. :P

I wear my jeans like that sometimes if my shirt is long. It's not sagging unless your butt is showing.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/21/16 at 11:50 pm

I feel like the 10's are darker than the 00's. But that's probably because I was a kid in the 00's so it felt more upbeat.

It depends on what part of the 00s you're talking about. But yeah, the recent 2010s are MUCH darker than the late 00s; that's for sure. And they're even darker than the early-mid 00s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:52 pm

I wear my jeans like that sometimes if my shirt is long. It's not sagging unless your butt is showing.

Nah, even if it's a little below the waist. As long as you see the underwears, it's saggin (taggin...baggin... raggin... ).

I remember a lot of tuff Pop Punkers sagged their dickies in the early 00s. I never did, though. I thought it was stupid.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/21/16 at 11:54 pm

Nah, even if it's a little below the waist. As long as you see the underwears, it's saggin (taggin...baggin... raggin... ).

I remember a lot of tuff Pop Punkers sagged their dickies in the early 00s. I never did, though. I thought it was stupid.

Exactly. You couldn't see that kids underwear if he put his shirt down. Not sagging. He's a kool Y2K era kid, quit hatin'.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/21/16 at 11:55 pm

2003-2006 were the most somber parts of the new millennium to me. From the Iraq War to the Israel-Lebanon war and the Madrid train bombings, "Operation Iraqi Freedom", 2004 election, Asian Tsunami, London bombings, South Asian earthquake in between. I made a post about this in another thread, I'll look for it. The 2010s are more angry rather than afraid, like the 2000s are.

Edit: yeah, these are my thoughts on 2003-2007

Back in the day, I thought the mid 00s were pretty upbeat to me.... as a black boy! We had the housing market bubble, crank and snap rap, over the top funny comedies, etc. The VERY late 00s felt the most somber to me;( probably because I was in late grade school); but the economy went to sheesh, MJ died, my Rams REALLY sucked during this time as well. The 2000s ended on a VERY low note to me!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/21/16 at 11:57 pm

Exactly. You couldn't see that kids underwear if he put his shirt down. Not sagging. He's a kool Y2K era kid, quit hatin'.

No, because the pants are below the underwear stretchy waist so it's still sagging. That kid is most definitely not cool; reading is interview answers made me wanna punch the dweeb in the face. He was born in 1994 which means he wouldn't understand 1998-2002 like someone older, wiser and more mature would.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 12:05 am

Back in the day, I thought the mid 00s were pretty upbeat to me.... as a black boy! We had the housing market bubble, crank and snap rap, over the top funny comedies, etc. The VERY late 00s felt the most somber to me;( probably because I was in late grade school); but the economy went to sheesh, MJ died, my Rams REALLY sucked during this time as well. The 2000s ended on a VERY low note to me!

All the wars, high oil prices, natural disasters in the mid-2000s made me depressed, it felt like every time I turned the news on there would be hundreds of more dead people. I can see why you find the mid-2010s depressing, but really these social problems existed in the 2000s as well, they're only on the forefront of people's minds because social media and camera phones made it easy to expose police brutality, which resulted in public anger we see today. It's wrong to say police brutality and racism didn't exist in the 2000s though.

edit: oh wait I remember you said you lived in Missouri. Do you go to the Missouri University?

No, because the pants are below the underwear stretchy waist so it's still sagging. That kid is most definitely not cool; reading is interview answers made me wanna punch the dweeb in the face. He was born in 1994 which means he wouldn't understand 1998-2002 like someone older, wiser and more mature would.

But you couldn't see his underwear if he put his shirt down, so like you said, it's not sagging if you can't see the underwear. 1994 kids are kool. Justin Bieber is kool.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 12:10 am

But you couldn't see his underwear if he put his shirt down, so like you said, it's not sagging if you can't see the underwear. 1994 kids are kool. Justin Bieber is kool.

But the pants are below his underwear waist! That's why I meant. Still sagging. ;) 1994 kids and Justin Bieber are the opposite of cool.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/22/16 at 12:11 am

All the wars, high oil prices, natural disasters in the mid-2000s made me depressed, it felt like every time I turned the news on there would be hundreds of more dead people. I can see why you find the mid-2010s depressing, but really these social problems existed in the 2000s as well, they're only on the forefront of people's minds because social media and camera phones made it easy to expose police brutality, which resulted in public anger we see today. It's wrong to say police brutality and racism didn't exist in the 2000s though.

edit: oh wait I remember you said you lived in Missouri. Do you go to the Missouri University?

But you couldn't see his underwear if he put his shirt down, so like you said, it's not sagging if you can't see the underwear. 1994 kids are kool. Justin Bieber is kool.

;D ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 12:12 am

But the pants are below his underwear waist! That's why I meant. Still sagging. ;) 1994 kids and Justin Bieber are the opposite of cool.

What? I always pull my underwear up high, even when I wear my jeans high-waisted. I couldn't have been sagging my entire life!

1994 kids are N64 kids so they are kool. You never even played Banjo-Kazooie

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/22/16 at 12:13 am

Democrats want to kidnap your children and destroy the family. :-X

Just kidding!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/22/16 at 12:15 am

What? I always pull my underwear up high, even when I wear my jeans high-waisted. I couldn't have been sagging my entire life!

1994 kids are N64 kids so they are kool. You never even played Banjo-Kazooie

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

There is a certain someone on this board who will be ecstatic if Trump doesn't win...

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/22/16 at 12:22 am

...Why??? I mean, you know, when normal people (not 2010's people who want to dress like my grandpa) wear their underwear on their waists.

Yeah, I own Banjo-Kazooie. Dude, I have an N64, you know. I played that game with my sister when it came out. ;)

What if you're center?

Like the creamy filling of an Oreo? Then it's all rainbows and butterflies for you people, isn't it? >:( >:( >:(

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 12:23 am

Like the creamy filling of an Oreo? Then it's all rainbows and butterflies for you people, isn't it? >:( >:( >:(

You callin' me an Oreo!? >:(

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/22/16 at 12:24 am

You callin' me an Oreo!? >:(

Cream, 1982. Just cream.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 12:24 am

and Banjo Tooie!!! :D

That game was GOAT.

...Why??? I mean, you know, when normal people (not 2010's people who want to dress like my grandpa) wear their underwear on their waists.

Yeah, I own Banjo-Kazooie. Dude, I have an N64, you know. I played that game with my sister when it came out. ;)

What if you're center?

In case I have to lift things/stretch/bend over, I don't want any skin to show, so I put my underwear above my pants. I learnt my lesson in my v-necks vicks moisturizer era when a teacher told to hang a poster on the high wall, I stretched out a bit, and let's just say a lot of girls wanted to talk to me that day.

Well, you didn't play Pokémon then! If you don't know the first 151 Pokémon then you didn't have a childhood, you retroactively did not exist.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 12:26 am

There is a certain someone on this board who will be ecstatic if Trump doesn't win...

Full communism or just regular communism?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 12:27 am

Cream, 1982. Just cream.

I am the creamy center of an Oreo? That's the best part. ;)

In case I have to lift things/stretch/bend over, I don't want any skin to show, so I put my underwear above my pants. I learnt my lesson in my v-necks vicks moisturizer era when a teacher told to hang a poster on the high wall, I stretched out a bit, and let's just say a lot of girls wanted to talk to me that day.

Well, you didn't play Pokémon then! If you don't know the first 151 Pokémon then you didn't have a childhood, you retroactively did not exist.

It doesn't matter because 2010's fashion looks like grandpas anyway. I bet more girls wanted to talk to me than whoever wanted to talk to you. ;)

Pokemon's the stupidest thing ever. How do you guys play that crap?? No way, dude. You can't say that to me as I am the older one. If you did not grow up with the NES/Super NES and Degrassi, you retroactively did not exist.

Full communism or just regular communism?

What's the difference?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 12:31 am

I am the creamy center of an Oreo? That's the best part. ;)

It doesn't matter because 2010's fashion looks like grandpas anyway. I bet more girls wanted to talk to me than whoever wanted to talk to you. ;)

Pokemon's the stupidest thing ever. How do you guys play that crap?? No way, dude. You can't say that to me as I am the older one. If you did not grow up with the NES/Super NES and Degrassi, you retroactively did not exist.

What's the difference?

Grandpa always looked classy. It was dad in the disco who ruined fashion.

Pokémon is the greatest kid fad to have ever existed. Jelly? I played NES, but Atari was better tbh. I caught Degrassi on reruns. 1994 kids had it better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8EstTUq0lo

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 12:36 am

Grandpa always looked classy. It was dad in the disco who ruined fashion.

Pokémon is the greatest kid fad to have ever existed. Jelly? I played NES, but Atari was better tbh. I caught Degrassi on reruns. 1994 kids had it better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8EstTUq0lo

Not my grandpa. He looks like a goofball. He tells me I look stupid but I don't think he's ever looked at himself in the mirror.

Not really. Pokemon was super lame. You think the Atari is better than the NES!?!?! The best thing about Atari is the band it inspired! 1994 kids grew up in a garbage post-2003 world.

That's you. You're a full communist. Maybe if you stopped being stubborn and agreed with the facts I preach then you will be freed from Richard's scummy soviet hands.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 12:42 am

Not my grandpa. He looks like a goofball. He tells me I look stupid but I don't think he's ever looked at himself in the mirror.

Not really. Pokemon was super lame. You think the Atari is better than the NES!?!?! The best thing about Atari is the band it inspired! 1994 kids grew up in a garbage post-2003 world.

That's you. You're a full communist. Maybe if you stopped being stubborn and agreed with the facts I preach then you will be freed from Richard's scummy soviet hands.

If you're grandpa dresses like the dudes on the first page then he's 10/10.

Pokémon was the greatest, everybody knows Pikachu and Herman Cain used the Pokémon theme song for his campaign not the TMNT one. Facts. I had both an NES and an Atari, but I preferred the Atari it had great SHMUPs.

1994 kids are young adults in the 2010s, which means they are happier on average than someone born 1982. 8) 94ers are the same age now in sweet 2016 as you were in lame 2004 :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/22/16 at 12:45 am

If you're grandpa dresses like the dudes on the first page then he's 10/10.

Pokémon was the greatest, everybody knows Pikachu and Herman Cain used the Pokémon theme song for his campaign not the TMNT one. Facts. I had both an NES and an Atari, but I preferred the Atari it had great SHMUPs.

1994 kids are young adults in the 2010s, which means they are happier on average than someone born 1982. 8) 94ers are the same age now in sweet 2016 as you were in lame 2004 :P

Preach!!!! :D Even though I'm a 95er. ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 12:46 am

If you're grandpa dresses like the dudes on the first page then he's 10/10.

Pokémon was the greatest, everybody knows Pikachu and Herman Cain used the Pokémon theme song for his campaign not the TMNT one. Facts. I had both an NES and an Atari, but I preferred the Atari it had great SHMUPs.

1994 kids are young adults in the 2010s, which means they are happier than average than someone born 1982. 8) 94ers are the same age now in gloriouos 2016 as you were in lame 2004 :P

You must have awful taste 'cause not even my grandma would say he's 10/10.

I started watching Family Guy in 2003 when Dragon Ball GT came on. I started watching Teletoons instead which had The Detour (adult swim) at that time slot. There was The Oblongs, Family Guy and Futurama. My 1994 born brother watched it then too. Damn, that makes him more Xtreme than you. He watched Family Guy before you did. 8)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 1:12 am

I started watching Family Guy in 2003 when Dragon Ball GT came on. I started watching Teletoons instead which had The Detour (adult swim) at that time slot. There was The Oblongs, Family Guy and Futurama. My 1994 born brother watched it then too. Damn, that makes him more Xtreme than you. He watched Family Guy before you did. 8)

Huh? I watched a few Family Guy episodes pre-cencellation, though. Like, in 1999. Still, nobody watched it until 2005. Futurama was much better so I watched more of that. 8)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 1:16 am

Huh? I watched a few Family Guy episodes pre-cencellation, though. Like, in 1999. Still, nobody watched it until 2005. Futurama was much better so I watched more of that. 8)

Dragon Ball GT came on, it was lame, so we watched Family Guy instead :P

Early 2000s Family Guy > Futurama > Beavis & Butthead imo.

okay I haven't watched Beavis and Butthead

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 1:18 am

Dragon Ball GT came on, it was lame, so we watched Family Guy instead :P

Early 2000s Family Guy > Futurama > Beavis & Butthead imo.

okay I haven't watched Beavis and Butthead

Dude, no. Futurama kicked so much ass they had to cancel it in 2003 because it was to good for the sh!tty real 00's (though they did bring it back because of early 00s nostalgia).

What are you doing!? Do yourself a favor and watch Beavis and Butthead! It is the greatest show ever created!!!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 1:25 am

Dude, no. Futurama kicked so much ass they had to cancel it in 2003 because it was to good for the sh!tty real 00's (though they did bring it back because of early 00s nostalgia).

What are you doing!? Do yourself a favor and watch Beavis and Butthead! It is the greatest show ever created!!!

I haven't watched the newer episodes. There was no early 2000s nostalgia in 2008 though, everyone was #done with the 2000s in 2008.

It's not on Netflix.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 1:35 am

I haven't watched the newer episodes. There was no early 2000s nostalgia in 2008 though, everyone was #done with the 2000s in 2008.

It's not on Netflix.

The early 00's =/= the 2000's.

Watch it for free on the web. ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/22/16 at 5:49 am

It depends on what part of the 00s you're talking about. But yeah, the recent 2010s are MUCH darker than the late 00s; that's for sure. And they're even darker than the early-mid 00s.

Politically, they are darker than the 2000s. Especially with this year's election. I know that the 2000s could be defined with George Bush Jr's presidency, but the economy was alright for most of it (2001-2006/7).

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:TheKid99on03/22/16 at 6:20 am

And now there is another terrorist attack in Brussels. :( >:(

This is why the 2010s are both great and horribly dark at the same time.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on03/22/16 at 6:51 am

Dude, no. Futurama kicked so much ass they had to cancel it in 2003 because it was to good for the sh!tty real 00's (though they did bring it back because of early 00s nostalgia).

What are you doing!? Do yourself a favor and watch Beavis and Butthead! It is the greatest show ever created!!!

For once I agree with this old fart. Slowpoke watch Beavis and Butthead it's one of the best shows I've ever seen.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/22/16 at 8:57 am

My grandpa would totally say that because he's arrogant as all living hell. He thinks he's the greatest thing than sliced bread and that he's never wrong. I don't get the guy.

Pokemon is for wimps. Real men watched Beavis and Butthead.

I like both Pokémon and 'Beavis...', can I be a hybrid??

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/22/16 at 9:17 am

And now there is another terrorist attack in Brussels. :( >:(

This is why the 2010s are both great and horribly dark at the same time.

Yep, it's being reported on almost every channel, it's interrupting regularly scheduled programs.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:TheKid99on03/22/16 at 10:21 am

5 years from now will probably be the 2010s backlash! ;D I think 15-20 years is probably more like it. ;)

I meant that as 5-10 years after the 2010s ;)

I hope that the decade gets better than it is right now.Yep, it's being reported on almost every channel, it's interrupting regularly scheduled programs.

Yup, I am in school but I am still hearing about it everywhere.... 31 dead, 187 injured.... :\'(

I read this yesterday, the article was published yesterday..... and how foreshadowing could it get?http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/03/21/paris-terror-suspect-abdeslam-planned-more-attacks-official-says.html?intcmp=hpbt1

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 10:37 am

Politically, they are darker than the 2000s. Especially with this year's election. I know that the 2000s could be defined with George Bush Jr's presidency, but the economy was alright for most of it (2001-2006/7).

I'd say the economy 2013 and onward has been decent as well. 2011 onward in Canada, the oil price rebound helped

And now there is another terrorist attack in Brussels. :( >:(

This is why the 2010s are both great and horribly dark at the same time.

That's awful :( I'll concede the 2010s are worse in Europe. Whenever I turn on the French news, I have to cognitively disassociate as much as possible because otherwise I get depressed. Terrorist attacks, rise of fascism, Euro crisis, refugee influx, François Hollande etc. The news over there is rarely positive, and this attack isnt helping :(

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/22/16 at 2:54 pm

;D I don't really know any other word for the way men sit with their legs apart, so I used manspreading.

That's a good way to describe it.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/22/16 at 2:55 pm

This too, almost all of my friends and acquaintances had their legs wide apart when sitting in their desk throughout middle school or high school. The key to being called "gay" was doing anything that seemed common for a female.

So a woman can't woman spread?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/22/16 at 3:00 pm

And now there is another terrorist attack in Brussels. :( >:(

This is why the 2010s are both great and horribly dark at the same time.

I really just worry about the horribly dark stuff. I know the 2000s had similar reports, but it wasn't that serious compared to now.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/22/16 at 3:01 pm

I am straight and I think this is an awful fashion! Pull ya pants up!!

Jesus, sagging has been popular for over 20 years... :o

They're afraid of someone coming from behind and pulling their pants all the way down.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/22/16 at 3:01 pm

I meant that as 5-10 years after the 2010s ;)

I hope that the decade gets better than it is right now.

I just hope the backlashes are true. This decade has been a living hell for pop culture, politics, and my personal life.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/22/16 at 3:03 pm

I am the creamy center of an Oreo? That's the best part. ;)

It doesn't matter because 2010's fashion looks like grandpas anyway. I bet more girls wanted to talk to me than whoever wanted to talk to you. ;)

Pokemon's the stupidest thing ever. How do you guys play that crap?? No way, dude. You can't say that to me as I am the older one. If you did not grow up with the NES/Super NES and Degrassi, you retroactively did not exist.

What's the difference?

;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/22/16 at 3:04 pm

Yep, it's being reported on almost every channel, it's interrupting regularly scheduled programs.

I noticed it this morning! ::)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 3:54 pm

I love streaming and subscription services. I know they get a lot of hate on this forum, but $5/mo for Spotify, $9/mo for Netflix, and $22/mo for Audible is really all I need for my entertainment purposes, and the selection is terrific.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/22/16 at 4:21 pm

I love streaming and subscription services. I know they get a lot of hate on this forum, but $5/mo for Spotify, $9/mo for Netflix, and $22/mo for Audible is really all I need for my entertainment purposes, and the selection is terrific.

Netflix and Spotify are the best!

I'm always ready to update my Spotify playlist every month based off the billboard charts or non-mainstream/alternative music that are really good.

I just finished rewatching Young Justice on Netflix and I've finished seasons 1-5 of The Walking Dead on there too.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/22/16 at 4:29 pm

Netflix and Spotify are the best!

I'm always ready to update my Spotify playlist every month based off the billboard charts or non-mainstream/alternative music that are really good.

I just finished rewatching Young Justice on Netflix and I've finished seasons 1-5 of The Walking Dead on there too.

A bit nerdy, but I love Spotify's public API. Easy to listen to a lot of new songs thanks to it. For example, look at this artist discovery tool https://artistexplorer.spotify.com/

You type an artist, it gives you similar artists, and you can add that artist's top 5 popualar songs to sample them

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:TheKid99on03/22/16 at 7:26 pm

I just hope the backlashes are true. This decade has been a living hell for pop culture, politics, and my personal life.

I really just worry about the horribly dark stuff. I know the 2000s had similar reports, but it wasn't that serious compared to now.

I think I have had a better experience this decade than you have (you are around the same age as me as well so we have similar experiences.) 2011-2013 were years of great change and hardship, especially 2013. 2014-present has been an improvement. 2014 was the best year of the decade for me. 2015 was the third and 2016 so far has been very good.

I sort of hope there is a backlash against the PC culture that has been prevalent since 2013, it is getting to the point were it is getting very annoying. The pop culture improved a bit in 2015 but still, not as good as some of decades past.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/22/16 at 11:23 pm

I like both Pokémon and 'Beavis...', can I be a hybrid??

Sure! If you want to. :P

They're afraid of someone coming from behind and pulling their pants all the way down.

So they pull their pants down themselves to say "HA! Already done sucker!"

So a woman can't woman spread?

Men's Rights 2016!!!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mach!ne_he@don03/23/16 at 1:40 pm

I love streaming and subscription services. I know they get a lot of hate on this forum, but $5/mo for Spotify, $9/mo for Netflix, and $22/mo for Audible is really all I need for my entertainment purposes, and the selection is terrific.

I just don't understand how some people can bash streaming services. I'll take Netflix, Hulu Plus, or even Amazon Prime any day over paying for cable or satellite every month just to watch the same channels constantly re-run the same five movies all the time.

Seriously TNT, The Dark Knight is one of my all-time favorite movies, but do we really need to see it again two times every weekend? ::)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/23/16 at 3:03 pm

I love streaming and subscription services. I know they get a lot of hate on this forum, but $5/mo for Spotify, $9/mo for Netflix, and $22/mo for Audible is really all I need for my entertainment purposes, and the selection is terrific.

I love free streaming.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/23/16 at 3:03 pm

A bit nerdy, but I love Spotify's public API. Easy to listen to a lot of new songs thanks to it. For example, look at this artist discovery tool https://artistexplorer.spotify.com/

You type an artist, it gives you similar artists, and you can add that artist's top 5 popualar songs to sample them

and you can also make your own radio station.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/23/16 at 3:04 pm

Sure! If you want to. :P

So they pull their pants down themselves to say "HA! Already done sucker!"

Men's Rights 2016!!!

;D What about women's rights?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Smileyon03/23/16 at 4:00 pm

you know what, i think i was a bit more negative in the beginning. i didn't seem to like the 2010s at first. the music was not that great and it was like a weirder version of the 2000s. but now in 2016 it doesn't feel that bad actually :P and i feel that the years ahead will be even more turbulent and exciting as there are many tensions picking up. i know that sounds vague but with the rise of donald trump and globalism some very interesting times ahead..

based on what i remember growing up, however, the 90s were still the best. they were a very prosperous decade and laid back, fun, etc.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on03/23/16 at 4:24 pm

I love free streaming.

Free streaming is the best.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:musicguy93on03/23/16 at 7:42 pm

Free streaming is the best.

Of course, if a movie is really awesome, then a physical copy is the most ideal :)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/23/16 at 11:31 pm

;D What about women's rights?

We have enough of those. It's about time us men get our rights! I am tired of having my dickies being pull down in public for everyone to laugh at my ducky underwear! >:(

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/23/16 at 11:49 pm

Of course, if a movie is really awesome, then a physical copy is the most ideal :)

But free streaming is free! Do you not see the "full communist" in my personal message?

I just don't understand how some people can bash streaming services. I'll take Netflix, Hulu Plus, or even Amazon Prime any day over paying for cable or satellite every month just to watch the same channels constantly re-run the same five movies all the time.

Seriously TNT, The Dark Knight is one of my all-time favorite movies, but do we really need to see it again two times every weekend? ::)

I agree 100%. I cut the cord fully last year when I bought a Chromecast, best $40 I've spent in a long time.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on03/24/16 at 12:04 am

We have enough of those. It's about time us men get our rights! I am tired of having my dickies being pull down in public for everyone to laugh at my ducky underwear! >:(

Anytime someone mentions the word free, it's automatically the best in my book.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:musicguy93on03/24/16 at 12:12 am

But free streaming is free! Do you not see the "full communist" in my personal message?

I don't mind free streaming at all. But if I really, really like a certain movie/T.V. show, I prefer owning a physical copy. Heck, I work at a Barnes and Noble, so it works out perfectly for me. Get those employee discounts ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/24/16 at 12:16 am

I don't mind free streaming at all. Though if I really, really like a certain movie/T.V. show, I love owning a physical copy. Heck, I work at a Barnes and Noble, so it works out perfectly for me. Get those discounts ;)

Shameless advertising. In Full Communism there are no brands.

I can't remember the last physical movie I bought. It was probably in the 2000s. :o

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/24/16 at 12:19 am

Shameless advertising. In Full Communism there are no brands.

I can't remember the last physical movie I bought. It was probably in the 2000s. :o

Keep making friends with Richard and Karl. We'll see how far it'll get you... ::)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

You don't listen to Sev's Same Old Song? That is one of god's creations.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/24/16 at 12:56 am

You don't listen to Sev's Same Old Song? That is one of god's creations.

This is capitalist trash.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/24/16 at 1:07 am

This is capitalist trash.

Is not. Just because it was in a Pepsi Blue commercial doesn't mean it's not a legitimate form of emotional expression. 8)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/24/16 at 10:05 am

Anyone mention how much of a godsend Google Maps on a smartphone is? Before that I would have to print directions before I left, but now I can get directions whenever.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/24/16 at 10:10 am

Anyone mention how much of a godsend Google Maps on a smartphone is? Before that I would have to print directions before I left, but now I can get directions whenever.

I don't 100% trust maps or GPS on my phone, but it can be helpful sometimes 👌

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/24/16 at 10:11 am

I don't 100% trust maps or GPS on my phone, but it can be helpful sometimes 👌

Why not?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on03/24/16 at 11:57 am

Why not?

Because sometimes google can be really inaccurate, even the GPS on my phone too. There were many times when the GPS on my phone led me to the wrong place, a more dangerous route, or took the longer way when I knew a shorter way to get to my destination.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Philip Enoon03/24/16 at 12:00 pm

Because sometimes google can be really inaccurate, even the GPS on my phone too. There were many times when the GPS on my phone led me to the wrong place, a more dangerous route, or took the longer way when I knew a shorter way to get to my destination. It have noticed wrong locations many a time and Street View the images can be two years old.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/24/16 at 12:50 pm

Because sometimes google can be really inaccurate, even the GPS on my phone too. There were many times when the GPS on my phone led me to the wrong place, a more dangerous route, or took the longer way when I knew a shorter way to get to my destination.

Oh, that's awful. :( I usually use mine for transit directions. It gives the bus route and even tells you if the bus is arriving late.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/24/16 at 12:53 pm

Because sometimes google can be really inaccurate, even the GPS on my phone too. There were many times when the GPS on my phone led me to the wrong place, a more dangerous route, or took the longer way when I knew a shorter way to get to my destination.

I agree. Even machines aren't perfect.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/24/16 at 12:54 pm

Anyone mention how much of a godsend Google Maps on a smartphone is? Before that I would have to print directions before I left, but now I can get directions whenever.

Yeah, Google Maps helps a lot!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on03/24/16 at 12:59 pm

I've never noticed that. All of the times I used Google Maps it took me to the destination in the fastest time.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/24/16 at 3:41 pm

Free streaming is the best.

remember the days when you can watch a PPV on an actual TV 20 years ago?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/24/16 at 3:43 pm

We have enough of those. It's about time us men get our rights! I am tired of having my dickies being pull down in public for everyone to laugh at my ducky underwear! >:(

Who said you were going to get your underwear pulled down? ???

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/24/16 at 3:44 pm

I don't mind free streaming at all. But if I really, really like a certain movie/T.V. show, I prefer owning a physical copy. Heck, I work at a Barnes and Noble, so it works out perfectly for me. Get those employee discounts ;)

I only watch free streaming because of the wrestling.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Toonon03/24/16 at 5:41 pm

I always prefer physical copies as I prefer tangible products to digital ones. I'd prefer to have a physical book, game, or movie instead of a digital ebook, downloaded game or streamed movie.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/24/16 at 6:00 pm

remember the days when you can watch a PPV on an actual TV 20 years ago?

Yeah my brothers would always buy Wrestlemania every year.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on03/24/16 at 6:55 pm

remember the days when you can watch a PPV on an actual TV 20 years ago?

Yeah!!! I still do, but on the recent WWE netowrk!! ;D ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/24/16 at 9:54 pm

Who said you were going to get your underwear pulled down? ???

The world did. :-\\

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on03/24/16 at 10:49 pm

I have a feeling the late 2010's will improve culturally. I don't know why but I just have a feeling. I think it will be more upbeat and we may see more of that late 90s/early 2000s nostalgia.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/24/16 at 10:51 pm

I have a feeling the late 2010's will improve culturally. I don't know why but I just have a feeling. I think it will be more upbeat and we may see more of that late 90s/early 2000s nostalgia.

I dunno if I want 1998-2002 nostalgia. I've already seen how sh!tty real 90s nostalgia is and botched 1998-2002 nostalgia? Think 5 Seconds of Summer (8-P). These kids can't even play Pop Punk right.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/24/16 at 10:54 pm

I have a feeling the late 2010's will improve culturally. I don't know why but I just have a feeling. I think it will be more upbeat and we may see more of that late 90s/early 2000s nostalgia.

Hopefully you're right. :)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:muppethammer26on03/24/16 at 10:59 pm

I hope people will do the 00s nostalgia and the 10s nostalgia better and more fun in the 20s and the 30s, respectively, but I hope people don't ruin the 00s and the 10s revivals in the next two decades like they've done to the 90s today, because that would make people that grew up in the first two decades of the 21st century mad.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on03/24/16 at 11:03 pm

I hope people will do the 00s nostalgia and the 10s nostalgia better and more fun in the 20s and the 30s, respectively, but I hope people don't ruin the 00s and the 10s revivals in the next two decades like they've done to the 90s today, because that would make people that grew up in the first two decades of the 21st century mad.

You're right 90s nostalgia so far has been very weak. Just kids on YouTube saying how they miss the 90s even if they've never lived in them. ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/24/16 at 11:03 pm

I hope people will do the 00s nostalgia and the 10s nostalgia better and more fun in the 20s and the 30s, respectively, but I hope people don't ruin the 00s and the 10s revivals in the next two decades like they've done to the 90s today, because that would make people that grew up in the first two decades of the 21st century mad.

I like even the bad parts about the 2010s, so I wouldn't mind a botched revival of the 2010s (which will hopefully take place in 2021).

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on03/24/16 at 11:07 pm

I like even the bad parts about the 2010s, so I wouldn't mind a botched revival of the 2010s (which will hopefully take place in 2021).

2021 will probably be the start of the backlash of the 10's.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/24/16 at 11:10 pm

You're right 90s nostalgia so far has been very weak. Just kids on YouTube saying how they miss the 90s even if they've never lived in them. ;D

Oh man, it's the worst. "The 90s the best times when we played with pogs in the womb!"

I like even the bad parts about the 2010s, so I wouldn't mind a botched revival of the 2010s (which will hopefully take place in 2021).

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Well you can be like me and not know you're wearing 90s things. Now it's originally 2010s!

You mean like how you wore argyle sweaters and didn't realize you were per-historic Emo?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/24/16 at 11:40 pm

I like rock music from 2002, it was very good! But mainstream music in 2002, was dreadful, in general. 8-P

By rock music from 2002 you mean Avril Lavigne right? ;)

You mean like how you wore argyle sweaters and didn't realize you were per-historic Emo?

Argyle sweaters are new and have never been worn before. And I'm not emo! >:(

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon03/24/16 at 11:41 pm

By rock music from 2002 you mean Avril Lavigne right? ;)

Like Jimmy Eat World's The Middle.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/24/16 at 11:43 pm

I like rock music from 2002, it was very good! But mainstream music in 2002, was dreadful, in general. 8-P

Well... Rock was super mainstream in 2002. I dunno, the rap stuff still wasn't as bad as it would become in 2003. Now that was incredibly dreadful.

2002 was an incredible year altogether... I miss it all the time.

By rock music from 2002 you mean Avril Lavigne right? ;)

Argyle sweaters are new and have never been worn before. And I'm not emo! >:(

I think me means his GC, SP, blink n sum n MxPx. The goods. ;)

You were super Emo without knowing it. I bet you own all the Promise Ring albums on 12" vinyl, too. Those rims, they are too thick!!!

Like Jimmy Eat World's The Middle.

Yes!! These are the goods, my man! Sweetness also kicked ass.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:musicguy93on03/25/16 at 2:06 am

:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( Get me off this planet.

I will taste your tears when 2021 roles around. Muahahahahahaaa!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/25/16 at 7:35 am

Yeah my brothers would always buy Wrestlemania every year.

back in the early 90's you used to pay $19.99 for a wrestling PPV.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon03/25/16 at 7:36 am

Yeah!!! I still do, but on the recent WWE netowrk!! ;D ;)

back in the days when you used to watch wrestling for $19.99

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/25/16 at 7:43 am

I dunno if I want 1998-2002 nostalgia. I've already seen how sh!tty real 90s nostalgia is and botched 1998-2002 nostalgia? Think 5 Seconds of Summer (8-P). These kids can't even play Pop Punk right.

90s nostalgia seems unpopular now. Nowadays, I would mostly see nostalgia for either the late 90s or early 2000s. That's pretty much it. I know people would disagree with me on that, since there's still people who are nostalgic for 1995 and 1996, but I care more about Internet nostalgia than mainstream nostalgia.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/25/16 at 7:47 am

Oh man, it's the worst. "The 90s the best times when we played with pogs in the womb!"

Yeah, it's actually kinda stupid that mid-late 90s babies are acting like they're 90s kids. In reality, they were f*cking babies/toddlers during the 90s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:aja675on03/25/16 at 10:15 am

Well dude, you gots sh!ts like Nu Metal and Pop Punk on that list and a lot of those hip hop/RnB songs sound like the early 00s but you also got Lil Jon and the Crunk Overlords. In the middle I guess. Somewhat spirit of 1998 but moving towards the spirit of 2004.

Which songs sound early '00s and which ones sound mid '00s?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/25/16 at 10:20 am

Which songs sound early '00s and which ones sound mid '00s?

Early-mid 2000s songs sound similar, to be honest. Since the mid 2000s was a transition towards pop culture, it associated more with the early 2000s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/25/16 at 1:02 pm

I will taste your tears when 2021 roles around. Muahahahahahaaa!

We will have a 2010s revival in 2024 when Ted Cruz becomes president. The Internet is going to skip 2000s nostalgia to get to the real meat.

Which songs sound early '00s and which ones sound mid '00s?

I don't think he's heard most songs on that list, and neither have I. I see Ashanti, so if you showed that to me without telling me what date it was, I could still tell you it was early 2000s. But seeing all that R&B at the charts at one time, you could tell the mid-2000s were coming in and fast. It's the early 2000s on its death bed.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/25/16 at 2:42 pm

90s nostalgia seems unpopular now. Nowadays, I would mostly see nostalgia for either the late 90s or early 2000s. That's pretty much it. I know people would disagree with me on that, since there's still people who are nostalgic for 1995 and 1996, but I care more about Internet nostalgia than mainstream nostalgia.

I thought mid 90s nostalgia was still in but I guess people on moving on to the late 90s/early 00s now.

Yeah, it's actually kinda stupid that mid-late 90s babies are acting like they're 90s kids. In reality, they were f*cking babies/toddlers during the 90s.

I agree! How would they know the 90s if they were just kids back then??

Early-mid 2000s songs sound similar, to be honest. Since the mid 2000s was a transition towards pop culture, it associated more with the early 2000s.

Ehh, somewhat but not really. Hip Hop hadn't change it's sound much from the late 90s but most of the other genres went though big changes.

I don't think he's heard most songs on that list, and neither have I. I see Ashanti, so if you showed that to me without telling me what date it was, I could still tell you it was early 2000s. But seeing all that R&B at the charts at one time, you could tell the mid-2000s were coming in and fast. It's the early 2000s on its death bed.

I've heard quite a bit of them but it's been years since and I'm not going to sit here and re-listen to all of them to see if they're early 00s or not.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on03/25/16 at 6:00 pm

I thought mid 90s nostalgia was still in but I guess people on moving on to the late 90s/early 00s now.

I agree! How would they know the 90s if they were just kids back then??

Ehh, somewhat but not really. Hip Hop hadn't change it's sound much from the late 90s but most of the other genres went though big changes.

I've heard quite a bit of them but it's been years since and I'm not going to sit here and re-listen to all of them to see if they're early 00s or not.

In a way you can get an idea of what the 90s were like from the early 2000s. I mean, when I went to the rental store to go rent a movie in January 2000, it was 100% 90s movies in there.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/25/16 at 6:04 pm

In a way you can get an idea of what the 90s were like from the early 2000s. I mean, when I went to the rental store to go rent a movie in January 2000, it was 100% 90s movies in there.

You just need to watch a Pepsi Blue commercial and you'll learn everything you need to know about the 90s. ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon03/25/16 at 6:18 pm

In a way you can get an idea of what the 90s were like from the early 2000s. I mean, when I went to the rental store to go rent a movie in January 2000, it was 100% 90s movies in there.

January 2000 was when we were recently out of the 90s. So it's obvious that you'll see 90s movies.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Toonon03/29/16 at 2:16 pm

January 2000 was when we were recently out of the 90s. So it's obvious that you'll see 90s movies.

Early '00s had tons of '90s stuff around. I remember visiting a Gamestop in 2002 and still seeing PS1 and N64 games (probably since the N64 and PS1 were still availabe in stores at the time). And most of the movies at my local blockbuster were 90's movies (whether on VHS or DVD). I'd walk into the store and see a VHS copy of A Goofy Movie on the shelves. Fashion was similar (for the most part). Sound of music was somewhat similar (depending on the genre). Tech was somewhat similar.

As for the 2010s if there is one thing that I like about this decade internet wise is the memes. Nothing more then random images with funny captains. Do to having a strange sense of humor where literally anything can make me laugh I have taken a liking to them (I have childlike humor in an adult body)http://jokideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Funny-toilet-paper-meme.jpgLiteral toilet humor

I do hate how memes are used to advertise products to the general public, though. I'd prefer them to just stay as simple internet jokes. Now I'm not sure how everyone else feels about memes as I've actually seen a lot of people who do not like them.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on03/29/16 at 4:04 pm

Early '00s had tons of '90s stuff around. I remember visiting a Gamestop in 2002 and still seeing PS1 and N64 games (probably since the N64 and PS1 were still availabe in stores at the time). And most of the movies at my local blockbuster were 90's movies (whether on VHS or DVD). I'd walk into the store and see a VHS copy of A Goofy Movie on the shelves. Fashion was similar (for the most part). Sound of music was somewhat similar (depending on the genre). Tech was somewhat similar.

I'd fashion and sound of music was 100% pretty much the same as the late 90s and tech from the late 90s was also the most popular choice for people. You know what I always say, 2000, 2001 and 2002 were pretty much a continuation of 1998 and 1999. Like a cool sip of Pepsi Blue... 8)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Shemp97on04/01/16 at 1:14 pm

In Canadian politics, I really like the second half of this decade. Justin Trudeau is our Prime Minister, tuition is going to be free for low-income families starting next year, my city's mayor is urbanist and building subways, LRTs, and bus lanes. It's left-wing paradise.

edit: the best thing is that there are no elections until 2018/2019. In 2016 and 2017 I'm not reading any newspapers! I can just sit back and relax and trust that the country is in good hands. ;D

This very much.

I like the movies and television ain't that bad. Music? It's better than mid-00s music, but it could still be a lot better.

Must not have listened to much mid-00s music if you think slothy, uninspired pop is better than conscious, creative music back then.

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Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:muppethammer26on04/01/16 at 5:04 pm

I really wished people would put more effort into this decade. The 2010's are decent, but not as good as the previous decades. The 2010's could have been better if some things turn out differently. Otherwise, I would have to wait until at least the 2020's for me to experience a great decade.

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Yeah... those two groups make the reason why the 2010s are terrible as f*ck. I can't believe people are gonna be nostalgic for them in the 2030s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/01/16 at 5:34 pm

I really wished people would put more effort into this decade. The 2010's are decent, but not as good as the previous decades. The 2010's could have been better if some things turn out differently. Otherwise, I would have to wait until at least the 2020's for me to experience a great decade.

We're four years near the end of the decade, so it wouldn't be a long time.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:muppethammer26on04/01/16 at 8:37 pm

Yeah... those two groups make the reason why the 2010s are terrible as f*ck. I can't believe people are gonna be nostalgic for them in the 2030s.

Yes, these communist PC SJW 90's nostalgic bronies from useless social media like Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat and Vine are the ones that are ruining this decade. I hope this doesn't carry over to the 2020's and people should be nostalgic for better 2010's things such as music rather than these useless stuff in the 2030's. Had these bad things never existed, the 2010's would have been a far better decade and I would rather have true 1990's kids doing a 1990's revival in the 2010's instead of false 1990's kids who like to pretend that they hate the future.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/01/16 at 11:27 pm

Must not have listened to much mid-00s music if you think slothy, uninspired pop is better than conscious, creative music back then.

Mid 00's and 2010's music are both for the dogs. If you ask me, it's 2000/2001/2002 where the gold is. ;)

This decade sucks cow pies!!!

Correct.

Yeah... those two groups make the reason why the 2010s are terrible as f*ck. I can't believe people are gonna be nostalgic for them in the 2030s.

"Remember when people liked good music like Imagine Dragons and we dressed in skinny jeans and thick rimmed glasses?? Man, those were the days... Ah, I wish I could go back..."

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Redhairkidon04/03/16 at 12:29 pm

This decade is no better or worse than any other. The music is rubbish though.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/03/16 at 12:49 pm

"Remember when people liked good music like Imagine Dragons and we dressed in skinny jeans and thick rimmed glasses?? Man, those were the days... Ah, I wish I could go back..."

"Remember when people took selfies and put them on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, while watching Vines such as 'What are those?' or 'Deez Nuts'?"

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon04/03/16 at 2:32 pm

"Remember when people took selfies and put them on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, while watching Vines such as 'What are those?' or 'Deez Nuts'?"

How could anyone not remember that era? ::)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/03/16 at 2:35 pm

How could anyone not remember that era? ::)

Only hipsters, social media addicts, SJWs, cartoon fanatics (no offense to Toon, Slowpoke, and mqg96), people who corrupted YouTube, and today's kids would proudly remember the 2010s. The rest of them wouldn't give a crap.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on04/03/16 at 2:41 pm

Only hipsters, social media addicts, SJWs, cartoon fanatics (no offense to Toon, Slowpoke, and mqg96), people who corrupted YouTube, and today's kids would proudly remember the 2010s. The rest of them wouldn't give a crap.

Just to let you know, I'm not any of those things you listed, except for social media addict to an extent. Some of the cartoon stuff I talk about for fun or nostalgia purposes to entertain people.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/03/16 at 2:44 pm

Just to let you know, I'm not any of those things you listed, except for social media addict to an extent. Some of the cartoon stuff I talk about for fun or nostalgia purposes to entertain people.

Okay.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on04/04/16 at 12:12 pm

This decade is no better or worse than any other. The music is rubbish though.

AGREED 150% 2010 was the last year I REALLY enjoyed the current music!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/04/16 at 3:41 pm

AGREED 150% 2010 was the last year I REALLY enjoyed the current music!

Agreed. 2010 was basically when music didn't sound like electronic garbage. Although, I did like Skrillex, who went popular after 2010.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon04/04/16 at 8:57 pm

2011 was a decent year for pop. It's probably the last full year that I can actually consider "good," although 2013 isn't far behind. You had some great hits such as "The Edge of Glory," "Someone Like You," "E.T.," "Mr. Saxobeat," and even "Party Rock Anthem." It was definitely an overall step down from 2009 and 2010, however.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/05/16 at 3:11 am

"Remember when people took selfies and put them on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, while watching Vines such as 'What are those?' or 'Deez Nuts'?"

What a sad future we're heading towards... :-\\

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/05/16 at 5:42 am

What a sad future we're heading towards... :-\\

True.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:80sfanon04/05/16 at 8:00 am

It was a very good decade.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:SpyroKevon04/05/16 at 8:23 am

I could never take this thread seriously. Not only is it made too soon, no decade can really be the greatest until the results are in after if the world ends.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon04/05/16 at 2:42 pm

What a sad future we're heading towards... :-\\

It's not going to get any better.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:cool123on04/11/16 at 10:07 pm

JordanK1982 doesn't want to admit that us 2010s teens rock plaid more than the 1990s teens. Us 2010s teens rock our plaid, skinny jeans, and low top vans and are certainly better than any old 1990s teens.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/11/16 at 10:17 pm

JordanK1982 doesn't want to admit that us 2010s teens rock plaid more than the 1990s teens. Us 2010s teens rock our plaid, skinny jeans, and low top vans and are certainly better than any old 1990s teens.

I dunno, man. The Swanton Bomb is an ok wrestling movie but it's no 900 (one of the most Xtreme! skateboard tricks of all time).

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 11:04 am

"Remember when people liked good music like Imagine Dragons and we dressed in skinny jeans and thick rimmed glasses?? Man, those were the days... Ah, I wish I could go back..."

That made me nostalgic. I haven't heard Imagine Dragons in a while and skinny jeans are phasing out.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 11:07 am

That made me nostalgic. I haven't heard Imagine Dragons in a while and skinny jeans are phasing out.

You're already nostalgic for that stuff!? 8-P Sorry, but I will stick to being nostalgic for the 80's, 90's and early 00's. Are skinny jeans really phasing out? I sure hope so, they've been a scourge of society for 11-12 years...

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 11:09 am

You're already nostalgic for that stuff!? 8-P Sorry, but I will stick to being nostalgic for the 80's, 90's and early 00's. Are skinny jeans really phasing out? I sure hope so, they've been a scourge of society for 11-12 years...

It was only like 5 years.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 11:09 am

It was only like 5 years.

5 years, shmive years. ::) No really, are they actually being phased out now?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 11:13 am

5 years, shmive years. ::) No really, are they actually being phased out now?

They're not as popular as they used to be. I went clothes shopping and most stores carried straights or slim straights. The skinnies were at the bottom, hidden away. And I don't notice people wearing them much anymore. Oh well I'll be wearing them even when I'm an old grandpa.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 11:16 am

They're not as popular as they used to be. I went clothes shopping and most stores carried straights or slim straights. The skinnies were at the bottom, hidden away. And I don't notice people wearing them much anymore. Oh well I'll be wearing them even when I'm an old grandpa.

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It's the end of the Fashion Golden Age. Summer 2016 will be good but it's the last hurrah.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 11:28 am

Uh, I think you misspelled "dark ages". ::) I can't wait for the next decade when everyone wears chain wallets and baggy dickies like 1998-2002 all over again! :D

Speaking of dickies, did you know that SR-71 are known as the bootleg Simple Plan?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 11:37 am

Uh, I think you misspelled "dark ages". ::) I can't wait for the next decade when everyone wears chain wallets and baggy dickies like 1998-2002 all over again! :D

Speaking of dickies, did you know that SR-71 are known as the bootleg Simple Plan?

The Dark Age was late 60s to the late 2000s. I'm scared that we'll enter another 40 year dark age, but it will most likely be a Gilded Age of sorts.

Is that your own theory? SR71 is better than Simple Plan and they don't sound all that similar. :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 11:42 am

The Dark Age was late 60s to the late 2000s. I'm scared that we'll enter another 40 year dark age, but it will most likely be a Gilded Age of sorts.

Is that your own theory? SR71 is better than Simple Plan and they don't sound all that similar. :P

The golden age of fashion is clearly the late 70's to early 00's. C'mon, you can make stuff up but if you look at the facts you'll see the truth. ::)

No, it's the YouTube comment communities theory, though. Dude, I was watching Right Now and the song is alright but I forgot how much I hated his haircut. He's, like, 40 with 16 year old girl hair! Simple Plan is much better than SR-71. Stronger hooks and melodies on No Pads ("I Won't Be There" smokes any SR-71 song). Also, that Nu Metal album they made sucked. I listened to it today and it sounds like some whiny Linkin Park bootleg. I'm surprised there was no rap or DJ'ing.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 11:53 am

Late 70s? My dad's perms would like to have a word with you. Early 2000s is well into the bulk buying your jeans from Walmart era. I lived that through that one you can't even lie about that.

Simple Plan is super cheesey. I'm surprised you were in your 20s when you heard them. I thought it was targetted at us 9-12 year olds. That's why it's called "I'm Just A Kid", not "I'm Just An Adult"!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 12:00 pm

Late 70s? My dad's perms would like to have a word with you. Early 2000s is well into the bulk buying your jeans from Walmart era. I lived that through that one you can't even lie about that.

Simple Plan is super cheesey. I'm surprised you were in your 20s when you heard them. I thought it was targetted at us 9-12 year olds. That's why it's called "I'm Just A Kid", not "I'm Just An Adult"!

Late 70's disco looks much cooler than your hipster skinny jeans! You also had rad dickies and 3/4 shorts, too! ;)

Yeah but so is SR-71! Like, you listen to the first SR-71 and he's bitching about something. You listen to the second SR-71 and again he's bitching about something but this time it's Nu Metal bitching which is worse than Pop Punk bitching! I was 19 when I heard them 'cause that album came out in March. Didn't turn 20 until late that year. How could I not like it, though? It was "recommended for fans of blink-182". Didn't even care if the lyrics were super cheesy, either, (TOYPJ came out the year before and it's lyrics are just as bad) 'cause it had good hooks! A lot of people my age were into Simple Plan along with the other Pop Punk bands like New Found Glory and Sum 41. You kids only listened to the hits at home with your moms while us teens/young adults, we were seeing the bands in concert! ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 1:39 pm

Late 70's disco looks much cooler than your hipster skinny jeans! You also had rad dickies and 3/4 shorts, too! ;)

Yeah but so is SR-71! Like, you listen to the first SR-71 and he's bitching about something. You listen to the second SR-71 and again he's bitching about something but this time it's Nu Metal bitching which is worse than Pop Punk bitching! I was 19 when I heard them 'cause that album came out in March. Didn't turn 20 until late that year. How could I not like it, though? It was "recommended for fans of blink-182". Didn't even care if the lyrics were super cheesy, either, (TOYPJ came out the year before and it's lyrics are just as bad) 'cause it had good hooks! A lot of people my age were into Simple Plan along with the other Pop Punk bands like New Found Glory and Sum 41. You kids only listened to the hits at home with your moms while us teens/young adults, we were seeing the bands in concert! ;)

No way, SR-71 has swearing and parental advisories, definitely not for kids. Simple Plan is for kids. They came on YTV all the time, along with Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Hillary Duff, Good Charlotte, Beyoncé, 50 Cent and a few others. 2002-03 school year breh, I told you it was the start of the core 2000s.

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Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 1:46 pm

No way, SR-71 has swearing and parental advisories, definitely not for kids. Simple Plan is for kids. They came on YTV all the time, along with Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Hillary Duff, Good Charlotte, Beyoncé, 50 Cent and a few others. 2002-03 school year breh, I told you it was the start of the core 2000s.

Yeah, but SR-71's singer had a stupid 16 year old girl haircut. Simple Plan made dick jokes and that album cover is something kids won't be interested in. ::) Don't matter anyway 'cause Home Grown and Sum 41 are better than both. ;) Wait... 50 Cent is for kids!? Huh!?!? No, sorry, don't go by school years I go by the years on the calendar. You can try all you want to pin 2003 things onto 2002 but that doesn't work on me. Real 00's didn't begin until 2003.

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 1:57 pm

Yeah, but SR-71's singer had a stupid 16 year old girl haircut. Simple Plan made dick jokes and that album cover is something kids won't be interested in. ::) Don't matter anyway 'cause Home Grown and Sum 41 are better than both. ;) Wait... 50 Cent is for kids!? Huh!?!? No, sorry, don't go by school years I go by the years on the calendar. You can try all you want to pin 2003 things onto 2002 but that doesn't work on me. Real 00's didn't begin until 2003.

50 Cent was on Yahoo! Music rather than YTV. I remember his MV where he gets panties thrown at him. Scandalous. 8 year old's might find the cover gross but not 10-12 year olds.

Are you talking about his curtain hair with frosted tips? I thought you'd be into that.

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Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 2:06 pm

50 Cent was on Yahoo! Music rather than YTV. I remember his MV where he gets panties thrown at him. Scandalous. 8 year old's might find the cover gross but not 10-12 year olds.

Are you talking about his curtain hair with frosted tips? I thought you'd be into that.

Dude... Yahoo! Music had everyone... Not just kids music. 50 Cent is also 2003, by the way. ;) I remember Drive Thru records had "VISIT OUR YAHOO LAUNCH PAGE TO VIEW OUR LATEST VIDEOS!!!" everywhere on their site. The videos looked pretty bad if you were hooked up on 56k modems. That is true but c'mon, that cover rules. It reminds me of... Well, yesterday, when I had that big party with lots of women!

I don't see no frosted tips or Dawson-douche cuts anywhere. That is the stupidest haircut. How old is he there? 40?? I wonder if he has a daughter and he just went up to her one day and said "hey, I got a music video to shoot. You're hip, right? Wanna do my hair for me?" Let's be honest, instead of a bootleg Simple Plan they're more like a bootleg Lit because they lack the hooks that made A Place in The Sun really good. Speaking of bootlegs, I was listening to Mest's Cadillac (Mest sure are... something else...) and people were saying "this is the failed abortion of Simple Plan and Limp Bizkit" and "this is what blink-182 n limp bizkit n sublime lol". Funny stuff.

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Written By:Slim95on04/26/16 at 2:24 pm

I think the 2010s is the worst decade ever.

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 2:26 pm

Dude... Yahoo! Music had everyone... Not just kids music. 50 Cent is also 2003, by the way. ;) I remember Drive Thru records had "VISIT OUR YAHOO LAUNCH PAGE TO VIEW OUR LATEST VIDEOS!!!" everywhere on their site. The videos looked pretty bad if you were hooked up on 56k modems. That is true but c'mon, that cover rules. It reminds me of... Well, yesterday, when I had that big party with lots of women!

I don't see no frosted tips or Dawson-douche cuts anywhere. That is the stupidest haircut. How old is he there? 40?? I wonder if he has a daughter and he just went up to her one day and said "hey, I got a music video to shoot. You're hip, right? Wanna do my hair for me?" Let's be honest, instead of a bootleg Simple Plan they're more like a bootleg Lit because they lack the hooks that made A Place in The Sun really good. Speaking of bootlegs, I was listening to Mest's Cadillac (Mest sure are... something else...) and people were saying "this is the failed abortion of Simple Plan and Limp Bizkit" and "this is what blink-182 n limp bizkit n sublime lol". Funny stuff.

Well the music page was right beside the Yahooligans page, you can't expect us not to click it by accident. I'm surprised there is such a thing as Simple Plan elitists trashing on other bands that came before Simple Plan was even a thing. I'm guessing in 20 years there will be Imagine Dragons elitists trashing on Green Day or something.

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 2:29 pm

I think the 2010s is the worst decade ever.

Why do you physically want to fight me? >:(

The worst decade is the 2000s. The Internet will back me up on this.

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Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 2:35 pm

Well the music page was right beside the Yahooligans page, you can't expect us not to click it by accident. I'm surprised there is such a thing as Simple Plan elitists trashing on other bands that came before Simple Plan was even a thing. I'm guessing in 20 years there will be Imagine Dragons elitists trashing on Green Day or something.

I never clicked "Yahooligans" once. See? The problem is that you kidz are going to click the wrong link, see 50 Cent and Simple Plan videos (music for grown men) and be exposed to all kinds of nonsense.

Simple Plan was a thing when SR-71 came out. Here's a 2000 promo picture:

http://www.simpleplan.cz/images/history1.gif

They only had a demo out back then, though. There were more people trashing on the guy's haircut then on how they sound like a "bootleg Simple Plan." Mest, on the other hand? Well... Have you heard Cadillac? It sounds just like Simple Plan and Limp Bizkit had a terrible mutant baby... Better than the post-2003 Pop Punk, that's all I gotta say! How's Imagine Dragons sound anything like Green Day, though? ??? The future is not going to make much sense, is it...

Why do you physically want to fight me? >:(

The worst decade is the 2000s. The Internet will back me up on this.

The 2000s had 2000, 2001, 2002 whereas The 2010s have no good years. Overall the real 00s are just as awful as today... 8-P

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 2:44 pm

I never clicked "Yahooligans" once. See? The problem is that you gets are going to click the wrong link, see 50 Cent and Simple Plan videos (music for grown men) and be exposed to all kinds of nonsense.

Simple Plan was a thing when SR-71 came out. Here's a 2000 promo picture:

http://www.simpleplan.cz/images/history1.gif

They only had a demo out back then, though. There were more people trashing on the guy's haircut then on how they sound like a "bootleg Simple Plan." Mest, on the other hand? Well... Have you heard Cadillac? It sounds just like Simple Plan and Limp Bizkit had a terrible mutant baby... Better than the post-2003 Pop Punk, that's all I gotta say! How's Imagine Dragons sound anything like Green Day, though? ??? The future is not going to make much sense, is it...

The 2000s had 2000, 2001, 2002 whereas The 2010s have no good years. Overall the real 00s are just as awful as today... 8-P

Simple Plan were unknowns until 2002. Don't be an early 90s Guy about this :P

2000/2001 are good, but 2010 smokes 2002. 2010 is when even people on the news were talking about "pop music as an art form" when Lady Gaga came out. It was objectively good. Also there are degrees of bad. 2013 was boring, but I don't think I'll ever live through a year as atrocious and vapid as 2005 ever again.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 2:47 pm

Simple Plan were unknowns until 2002. Don't be an early 90s Guy about this :P

2000/2001 are good, but 2010 smokes 2002. 2010 is when even people on the news were talking about "pop music as an art form" when Lady Gaga came out. It was objectively good. Also there are degrees of bad. 2013 was boring, but I don't think I'll ever live through a year as atrocious and vapid as 2005 ever again.

Everybody knew who Simple Plan was in 2000! ;D

Dude... No... Stop... 2000, 2001 and 2002 are all the same thing so if you think 2010 smokes one, you think 2010 smokes all of them (it does not, though. 2010 was lame). It's not objectively good, however, and Lady Gaga was also lame. You want objectively good? That title goes to the 80's! Duh! ::) We agree on one thing: 2005 was a black hole of boring nothingness. My god, what an awful year. Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Warped Tour 2005, wing haircuts... 8-P

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 3:00 pm

Everybody knew who Simple Plan was in 2000! ;D

Dude... No... Stop... 2000, 2001 and 2002 are all the same thing so if you think 2010 smokes one, you think 2010 smokes all of them (it does not, though. 2010 was lame). It's not objectively good, however, and Lady Gaga was also lame. You want objectively good? That title goes to the 80's! Duh! ::) We agree on one thing: 2005 was a black hole of boring nothingness. My god, what an awful year. Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Warped Tour 2005, wing haircuts... 8-P

2002 was 6th gen era gaming. That hive doesn't have as much nostalgia honey as 2000.

Stop listing why 2005 was a half decent year ;D It was that reality TV show, GTA clone, John Cena, ringtone rap, whale tail, George Bush, PSP era that makes it suffocating.

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Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 3:03 pm

2002 was 6th gen era gaming. That hive doesn't have as much nostalgia honey as 2000.

2000 was also a 6th gen gaming year. All three years of the early 00s had the 5th and 6th gen. ;) One of the same, my friend, one of the same.

Stop listing why 2005 was a half decent year ;D It was that reality TV show, GTA clone, John Cena, ringtone rap, whale tail, George Bush, PSP era that makes it suffocating.

Half decent!? Those are terrible things!! Also, come on, George Bush and GTA? Pretty sick if you ask me. Only good things about 2005.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on04/26/16 at 3:11 pm

Why do you physically want to fight me? >:(

The worst decade is the 2000s. The Internet will back me up on this.

Nope, the 2000s were the greatest decade ever. When were you born? Most people born in the mid 90s like myself like the 2000s because we grew up in them. I would assume most people my age probably dislike the 10's because of the ages we were in, late teens to early 20s, where a lot of change happens in our lives and we have to make tough decisions.

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Written By:Slim95on04/26/16 at 3:14 pm

The 2000s had 2000, 2001, 2002 whereas The 2010s have no good years. Overall the real 00s are just as awful as today... 8-P

There's no such thing as "the real 00s" 2000, 2001 and 2002 were all part of the 2000s decade. I'm glad they were because they were awesome!

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 3:16 pm

2000 was also a 6th gen gaming year. All three years of the early 00s had the 5th and 6th gen. ;) One of the same, my friend, one of the same.

Half decent!? Those are terrible things!! Also, come on, George Bush and GTA? Pretty sick if you ask me. Only good things about 2005.

Yeah, but no 5th Gen games came out in 2002. 5th Gen was arguably in its peak in 2000. 2002 is pure 6th gen and Mario Party 4 ruined my childhood. That game was atrocious. No one wanted to come to my house to play that :\

GTA is decent but not GTA clones. How is that any better than the FPS ad nauseum we have today.

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 3:18 pm

Nope, the 2000s were the greatest decade ever. When were you born? Most people born in the mid 90s like myself like the 2000s because we grew up in them. I would assume most people my age probably dislike the 10's because of the ages we were in, late teens to early 20s, where a lot of change happens in our lives and we have to make tough decisions.

I'm born 1993 so pretty much the same age as you, but I was a teen in the second half and saw the decade for what it was. Horrible! 8-P

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Written By:Baltimoreianon04/26/16 at 3:18 pm

Nope, the 2000s were the greatest decade ever. When were you born? Most people born in the mid 90s like myself like the 2000s because we grew up in them. I would assume most people my age probably dislike the 10's because of the ages we were in, late teens to early 20s, where a lot of change happens in our lives and we have to make tough decisions.

Same with people who were born in the late 90s, like me.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 3:22 pm

There's no such thing as "the real 00s" 2000, 2001 and 2002 were all part of the 2000s decade. I'm glad they were because they were awesome!

Well, yeah... Of course there isn't really a real 00s but to me 2000, 2001 and 2002 are far to good to put together with the rest of the decade and it's awfulness so I call 2004-2009 "the real 00s" and 1998-2002 the "what if 00s". No harm in that. They were awesome; you're totally right about that one!

Yeah, but no 5th Gen games came out in 2002. 5th Gen was arguably in its peak in 2000. 2002 is pure 6th gen and Mario Party 4 ruined my childhood. That game was atrocious. No one wanted to come to my house to play that :\

GTA is decent but not GTA clones. How is that any better than the FPS ad nauseum we have today.

So the very last best selling PS1 game, Yu Gi Oh, didn't come out in 2002? What about Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets? Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 (N64) and 4 (PS1)? Digimon? Delta Force? C-12? Dexter's Lab? Those are all 5th gen games from 2002. :P 5th Gen was not at all at it's peak in 2000. 1997-1999 was it's peak whereas 2000 was all about the PS2 build up. I dunno about Mario Party 4, I never played that one but I do know that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 was really rad. You should of invited them over to play that! It had 4 players. ;) Wait never mind. It only had two players. Whatever, you guys should of taken turns. :P

You mean like True Crime? That was a fun game! There is more variety in GTA clones than in FPS games but I see your point. GTA is still a lot of fun to play, regardless. Call of Duty is not.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon04/26/16 at 3:26 pm

You mean like True Crime? That was a fun game! There is more variety in GTA clones than in FPS games but I see your point. GTA is still a lot of fun to play, regardless. Call of Duty is not.

GTA clones and the original GTA games were the sh*t back in the 2000s. It was like real life, but with PS2/Xbox graphics. Hell, even the radio stations were amazing. My favorite ones were from Vice City, San Andreas, and Liberty City Stories.

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Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 3:29 pm

GTA clones and the original GTA games were the sh*t back in the 2000s. It was like real life, but with PS2/Xbox graphics. Hell, even the radio stations were amazing. My favorite ones were from Vice City, San Andreas, and Liberty City Stories.

Yeah, I agree! GTA and the clones were totally the sh!t! Man, it was so cool when you could jump in and out of your car. I remember listenin' to sh!t like "Play Pretend Like We're Dead" by L7 and it reminded me of the 90s again. Playback FM and Radio X had some sweet songs.

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 3:33 pm

Well, yeah... Of course there isn't really a real 00s but to me 2000, 2001 and 2002 are far to good to put together with the rest of the decade and it's awfulness so I call 2004-2009 "the real 00s" and 1998-2002 the "what if 00s". No harm in that. They were awesome; you're totally right about that one!

So the very last best selling PS1 game, Yu Gi Oh, didn't come out in 2002? What about Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets? Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 (N64) and 4 (PS1)? Digimon? Delta Force? C-12? Dexter's Lab? Those are all 5th gen games from 2002. :P 5th Gen was not at all at it's peak in 2000. 1997-1999 was it's peak whereas 2000 was all about the PS2 build up. I dunno about Mario Party 4, I never played that one but I do know that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 was really rad. You should of invited them over to play that! It had 4 players. ;)

You mean like True Crime? That was a fun game! There is more variety in GTA clones than in FPS games but I see your point. GTA is still a lot of fun to play, regardless. Call of Duty is not.

I only played Digimon out of those. 5th Gen was old news by 2002. 2000 had Mario Party 2, it's by default my favourite video game year lol. It also had Pokémon Stadium, Majora's Mask, Pokémon Gold and a lot of others.

I liked the first True Crime, but only because I was a horny 12 year old. The second in New York was god awful.

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Written By:Baltimoreianon04/26/16 at 3:35 pm

Yeah, I agree! GTA and the clones were totally the sh!t! Man, it was so cool when you could jump in and out of your car. I remember listenin' to sh!t like "Play Pretend Like We're Dead" by L7 and it reminded me of the 90s again. Playback FM and Radio X had some sweet songs.

True. There was also CSR 103.9, K-DST, and SF-UR that played some good songs.

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Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 3:39 pm

I only played Digimon out of those. 5th Gen was old news by 2002. 2000 had Mario Party 2, it's by default my favourite video game year lol. It also had Pokémon Stadium, Majora's Mask, Pokémon Gold and a lot of others.

I liked the first True Crime, but only because I was a horny 12 year old. The second in New York was god awful.

If it was old news it wouldn't still have a best selling 5th gen game now would it. ::) If you google "Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4" which just so happened to be released October 23, 2002 what is the first photo that pops up on the side? The PS1 photo, that's what. It's obvious to me what's important here. 5th and 6th gen were in harmony for the first three years of the 00s. ;) 2000-2002 are all equal in my mind. Each of them had good games to offer that brought me lots of enjoyment like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. :P

Streets of LA from 2003? Oh yeah, that game was rad! I haven't played New York in a while but I don't remember it sucking. What was wrong with it?

True. There was also CSR 103.9, K-DST, and SF-UR that played some good songs.

Yeah, definitely! GTA had a really good song selection back then. Nowadays, the songs aren't too great.

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Written By:mqg96on04/26/16 at 3:43 pm

Nope, the 2000s were the greatest decade ever. When were you born? Most people born in the mid 90s like myself like the 2000s because we grew up in them. I would assume most people my age probably dislike the 10's because of the ages we were in, late teens to early 20s, where a lot of change happens in our lives and we have to make tough decisions.

The 2000's nor the 2010's were the greatest decades ever, it's an opinion depending on what type of pop culture you liked or followed at the time. I'm a mid 90's baby too but a year younger than you, and I loved 2002-2006 (my peak childhood) the best whether it was because of the kid culture or my personal life.

I know many people near our age who are enjoying this decade better because they didn't have a good childhood. Their kid years could have been traumatizing due to family issues and history which makes them try to forget it. Some adults when they were kids were in a foster home or were poor, so they didn't have the same privileges like some of us had growing up. So as they get older some can handle a lot more freedom being out of the house away from their parents or they prefer the pop culture of this decade over the previous one, like the TV shows, music, fashion, sports, or movies. Although, not everybody can handle the freedom being away from their parents due to not being responsible with their job, college, or payments so it can be stressful. Therefore like you said it can be tough decisions to make.

Personally, I think the comic book shows/movies and sports culture of this decade have been amazing, but the political, lifestyle, and social media sites being so strong are the suckish part about this decade. Music rotates. Music depending on your favorite genre will always have up and down years.

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 3:46 pm

If it was old news it wouldn't still have a best selling 5th gen game now would it. ::) If you google "Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4" which just so happened to be released October 23, 2002 what is the first photo that pops up on the side? The PS1 photo, that's what. It's obvious to me what's important here. 5th and 6th gen were in harmony for the first three years of the 00s. ;) 2000-2002 are all equal in my mind. Each of them had good games to offer that brought me lots of enjoyment like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. :P

Streets of LA from 2003? Oh yeah, that game was rad! I haven't played New York in a while but I don't remember it sucking. What was wrong with it?

Yeah, definitely! GTA had a really good song selection back then. Nowadays, the songs aren't too great.

PS1 is irrelevant. Want to know why there's so much N64 nostalgia on the Internet but zero PS1 nostalgia except for FF7? All the cool kids had an N64 and there were no N64 games in 2002 . The nerdy kids bought these nerdy Yugioh and Harry Potter games but it's old news. In 2002 it was all PS2/Gamecube/Xbox. :P

The True Crime games are all terrible. It was just more obvious in the New York one :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 3:53 pm

PS1 is irrelevant. Want to know why there's so much N64 nostalgia on the Internet but zero PS1 nostalgia except for FF7? All the cool kids had an N64 and there were no N64 games in 2002 . The nerdy kids bought these nerdy Yugioh and Harry Potter games but it's old news. In 2002 it was all PS2/Gamecube/Xbox. :P

The True Crime games are all terrible. It was just more obvious in the New York one :P

No N64 games? So Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 didn't come out on the N64 in 2002? ;) I can't believe you called the PS1 irrelevant! It's miles ahead of the N64; so much so that went it goes back around the track (during it's victory lap) it runs a few circles around Mr. 64 just to taunt it. :P N64 is good, of course, but it's no PS1. In 2002 is was PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, and PS1. All the cool sk8r kidz bought Tony Hawk, all the kids into shooters bought C-12 and Delta Force. There were games for everyone then! People played both the PS1 and PS2. ;)

LA was good! What's so bad about New York?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 4:00 pm

The 2000's nor the 2010's were the greatest decades ever, it's an opinion depending on what type of pop culture you liked or followed at the time. I'm a mid 90's baby too but a year younger than you, and I loved 2002-2006 (my peak childhood) the best whether it was because of the kid culture or my personal life.

I know many people near our age who are enjoying this decade better because they can handle a lot more freedom being out of the house away from their parents or they prefer the pop culture of this decade over the previous one, like the TV shows, music, fashion, sports, or movies. Although, not everybody can handle the freedom being away from their parents due to not being responsible with their job, college, or payments so it can be stressful. Therefore like you said it can be tough decisions to make.

Personally, I think the comic book shows/movies and sports culture of this decade have been amazing, but the political, lifestyle, and social media sites being so strong are the suckish part about this decade. Music rotates. Music depending on your favorite genre will always have up and down years.

I feel like me being in my 20s has a lot to do with my love for this decade. I'm 17-26 this decade, it maps on perfectly to that 18-25 age group haha. 7-10 in the early 2000s was fun... 11-16 in the real 2000s though? Thankfully there were bands like Simple Plan to cater to my age group.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 4:02 pm

I feel like me being in my 20s has a lot to do with my love for this decade. I'm 17-26 this decade, it maps on perfectly to that 18-25 age group haha. 7-10 in the early 2000s was fun... 11-16 in the real 2000s though? Thankfully there were bands like Simple Plan to cater to my age group.

You can have the Simple Plan that released Still Not Getting Any and the Self-Titled.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon04/26/16 at 4:03 pm

So the very last best selling PS1 game, Yu Gi Oh, didn't come out in 2002? What about Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets? Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 (N64) and 4 (PS1)? Digimon? Delta Force? C-12? Dexter's Lab? Those are all 5th gen games from 2002. :P 5th Gen was not at all at it's peak in 2000. 1997-1999 was it's peak whereas 2000 was all about the PS2 build up. I dunno about Mario Party 4, I never played that one but I do know that Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 was really rad. You should of invited them over to play that! It had 4 players. ;) Wait never mind. It only had two players. Whatever, you guys should of taken turns. :P

In addition, if you were really into Dance Dance Revolution, as was becoming increasingly popular at the time, this is probably what you would've played at home in 2002:

That said, I think that you're otherwise biasing your argument to make 2002 seem as much like the Y2K period as possible. The most popular games in 2000 were still mostly 5th-gen titles like Pokémon Gold & Silver, Perfect Dark, Majora's Mask, etc., and most of the 2002 5th-gen games you listed were either ports for 6th-games or not anywhere near as significant as pure 6th-gen titles like Kingdom Hearts, GTA: Vice City: Metroid Prime, etc. On the other hand, not everybody in 2002 had bought a new system yet, so I can understand a bit more from a who-owns-what perspective, but even if you knew one person who had Super Smash Bros. Melee or Halo: Combat Evolved, chances are your circle of connections would want to visit that guy's house as much as possible for gaming parties. I could also make a point about the Super Nintendo still being in stores until 1999, but I'll just leave it at the significant things.

No N64 games? So Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 didn't come out on the N64 in 2002? ;) I can't believe you called the PS1 irrelevant! It's miles ahead of the N64; so much so that went it goes back around the track (during it's victory lap) it runs a few circles around Mr. 64 just to taunt it. :P N64 is good, of course, but it's no PS1. In 2002 is was PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, and PS1. All the cool sk8r kidz bought Tony Hawk, all the kids into shooters bought C-12 and Delta Force. There were games for everyone then! People played both the PS1 and PS2. ;)

PS2, GameCube, the original XBOX, and Game Boy Advance were the biggest gaming systems in 2002. Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color were the biggest platforms in 1998-2000 (you could factor in the Dreamcast for 1999/2000, too, but still it wasn't as big as the others). Regardless of how much you focusing on incoming 6th-gen influences during the early years and leftover games in 2002, they're still definitely not totally the same. I was an active gamer since 1998, and I can speak from personal experience that the gaming industry changed drastically in 2001, to the point where 2002 seemed like a totally different time. I still often came back to Star Fox 64 and Donkey Kong 64 a lot well after 2001, but that didn't mean I thought it still felt like 1999.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 4:04 pm

You can have the Simple Plan that released Still Not Getting Any and the Self-Titled.

1) Welcome To My Life2) Boulevard of Broken Dreams3) I'm With You

I'm glad these songs existed in 2004 LOL

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 4:12 pm

In addition, if you were really into Dance Dance Revolution, as was becoming increasingly popular at the time, this is probably what you would've played at home in 2002:

That said, I think that you're otherwise biasing your argument to make 2002 seem as much like the Y2K period as possible. The most popular games in 2000 were still mostly 5th-gen titles like Pokémon Gold & Silver, Perfect Dark, Majora's Mask, etc., and most of the 2002 5th-gen games you listed were either ports for 6th-games or not anywhere near as significant as pure 6th-gen titles like Kingdom Hearts, GTA: Vice City: Metroid Prime, etc. On the other hand, not everybody in 2002 had bought a new system yet, so I can understand a bit more from a who-owns-what perspective, but even if you knew one person who had Super Smash Bros. Melee or Halo: Combat Evolved, chances are your circle of connections would want to visit that guy's house as much as possible for gaming parties. I could also make a point about the Super Nintendo still being in stores until 1999, but I'll just leave it at the significant things.

PS2, GameCube, the original XBOX, and Game Boy Advance were the biggest gaming systems in 2002. Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color were the biggest platforms in 1998-2000 (you could factor in the Dreamcast for 1999/2000, too, but still it wasn't as big as the others). Regardless of how much you focusing on incoming 6th-gen influences during the early years and leftover games in 2002, they're still definitely not totally the same. I was an active gamer since 1998, and I can speak from personal experience that the gaming industry changed drastically in 2001, to the point where 2002 seemed like a totally different time. I still often came back to Star Fox 64 and Donkey Kong 64 a lot well after 2001, but that didn't mean I thought it still felt like 1999.

Fair enough. I'd already bought the Dreamcast in '99 and the PS2 at launch when it came out in 2000 so I'd already experienced the newness of the 6th gen early on yet I played both the 5th/6th and bought recent titles for the PS1 up until 2003-ish. Aside from that, I can see how the final establishments of the 6th gen with the Gamecube and Xbox made things feel a lot different to other people. To me, the early 6th gen games felt like updated versions of the 5th (with the PS1 still ongoing) so it felt like one fluid thing as gaming was still diverse and more than FPS this and FPS that.

1) Welcome To My Life2) Boulevard of Broken Dreams3) I'm With You

I'm glad these songs existed in 2004 LOL

This one is the worst offended... Man, how'd they fall so hard from Dookie? The used to be one of the best... :-\\

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:#Infinityon04/26/16 at 4:20 pm

Fair enough. I'd already bought the Dreamcast in '99 and the PS2 at launch when it came out in 2000 so I'd already experienced the newness of the 6th gen early on yet I played both the 5th/6th and bought recent titles for the PS1 up until 2003-ish. Aside from that, I can see how the final establishments of the 6th gen with the Gamecube and Xbox made things feel a lot different to other people. To me, the early 6th gen games felt like updated versions of the 5th (with the PS1 still ongoing) so it felt like one fluid thing as gaming was still diverse and more than FPS this and FPS that.

Yeah, from a gameplay standpoint, the sixth generation isn't a huge one-up from the fifth. Even though, Super Smash Bros. Melee felt like a huge improvement over the original for the N64 – it still feels more sophisticated than most new games today, despite being released closer to 1987 than to today – while the first Halo certainly set a lot of the foundations for what would later turn into dudebro culture, quickly replacing GoldenEye 007 as the multiplayer FPS pizza party game of the day. Still, at least in the early 2000s, there was still as much variety as there was in the late 90s, and gaming culture hadn't degenerated into the Fight Club it would be by the seventh generation. Pretty much the entire period from about 1997-2002 felt like one large golden era for gaming, in my opinion.

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 4:22 pm

This one is the worst offended... Man, how'd they fall so hard from Dookie? The used to be one of the best... :-\\

It's such a badass song.

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 4:26 pm

Yeah, from a gameplay standpoint, the sixth generation isn't a huge one-up from the fifth. Even though, Super Smash Bros. Melee felt like a huge improvement over the original for the N64 – it still feels more sophisticated than most new games today, despite being released closer to 1987 than to today – while the first Halo certainly set a lot of the foundations for what would later turn into dudebro culture, quickly replacing GoldenEye 007 as the multiplayer FPS pizza party game of the day. Still, at least in the early 2000s, there was still as much variety as there was in the late 90s, and gaming culture hadn't degenerated into the Fight Club it would be by the seventh generation. Pretty much the entire period from about 1997-2002 felt like one large golden era for gaming, in my opinion.

1998-2001 was my gaming prime as well. I'd throw 2002 in, but I was playing mostly Mêlée that year, a 2001 game, and a lot of the Gamecube games that came out that year were inferior to their N64 counterparts.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 4:31 pm

Yeah, from a gameplay standpoint, the sixth generation isn't a huge one-up from the fifth. Even though, Super Smash Bros. Melee felt like a huge improvement over the original for the N64 – it still feels more sophisticated than most new games today, despite being released closer to 1987 than to today – while the first Halo certainly set a lot of the foundations for what would later turn into dudebro culture, quickly replacing GoldenEye 007 as the multiplayer FPS pizza party game of the day. Still, at least in the early 2000s, there was still as much variety as there was in the late 90s, and gaming culture hadn't degenerated into the Fight Club it would be by the seventh generation. Pretty much the entire period from about 1997-2002 felt like one large golden era for gaming, in my opinion.

Oh yeah, definitely. Melee was everything great about the first one with it's sense of adventure and how true it was to the spirit of Smash/Nintendo but with much more features and characters and the advantage of the Gamecube. I still think Halo was a pretty great game. Maybe in the context of today, people might look back and say "man, screw Combat Evolved! It started all this FPS crap!" but during the time it came out, it was just a fun game. I can totally get on board with 1997-2002 being a golden age! I miss the days when there were games for everyone. Franchises like Tony Hawk, Halo, DDR, Smash Bros., Ratchet and Clank, Kingdom Hearts, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Need for Speed were all big things yet there was something different about each one of them that would attract all kinds of people. Even today, I go back to my PS1 and PS2 (or even N64, GC, XBOX) games and there's still something special about them.

It's such a badass song.

No way! You know what is a "badass" song? Geek Stink Breath. Oh man, what a killer!

1998-2001 was my gaming prime as well. I'd throw 2002 in, but I was playing mostly Mêlée that year, a 2001 game, and a lot of the Gamecube games that came out that year were inferior to their N64 counterparts.

You should throw in good ol' 2002... :-\\

From a Playstation dude's viewpoint, the PS2 was much better than the PS1. Everything good about the PS1 was improved with the PS2. I also had the Gamecube and the games felt roughly on the same par as the N64 in terms of quality and enjoyment. On a side note: Some of the early 6th gen games graphics still look like N64/PS1 games. ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on04/26/16 at 4:43 pm

The 2000's nor the 2010's were the greatest decades ever, it's an opinion depending on what type of pop culture you liked or followed at the time. I'm a mid 90's baby too but a year younger than you, and I loved 2002-2006 (my peak childhood) the best whether it was because of the kid culture or my personal life.

I know many people near our age who are enjoying this decade better because they didn't have a good childhood. Their kid years could have been traumatizing due to family issues and history which makes them try to forget it. Some adults when they were kids were in a foster home or were poor, so they didn't have the same privileges like some of us had growing up. So as they get older some can handle a lot more freedom being out of the house away from their parents or they prefer the pop culture of this decade over the previous one, like the TV shows, music, fashion, sports, or movies. Although, not everybody can handle the freedom being away from their parents due to not being responsible with their job, college, or payments so it can be stressful. Therefore like you said it can be tough decisions to make.

Personally, I think the comic book shows/movies and sports culture of this decade have been amazing, but the political, lifestyle, and social media sites being so strong are the suckish part about this decade. Music rotates. Music depending on your favorite genre will always have up and down years.

Okay but the 2000s were still the best decade ever!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on04/26/16 at 4:45 pm

Okay but the 2000s were still the best decade ever!

From a kid's perspective like us mid 90's babies it sure was!

For me it'll always be 2002-2006!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 4:50 pm

For me, the best is 1993-2002 which are my teen-young adult years. The events that happened during those 9 years shaped my tastes and interests; each one of them is definitive to me and I still look back upon them and the memories fondly to this day (despite the sandwich throwing that may or may not have occurred ;)). I can even through in 2003 because it was pretty good, too.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mqg96on04/26/16 at 4:55 pm

Yeah, from a gameplay standpoint, the sixth generation isn't a huge one-up from the fifth. Even though, Super Smash Bros. Melee felt like a huge improvement over the original for the N64

The Nintendo 64 was definitely more successful and more mature than the GameCube, however the GameCube mostly had better/higher quality games when it came to the specific Nintendo franchises. Not all of them though. Most of the crowd believes it goes like this with the Mario/Smash Bros. games.

Mario Kart Double Dash >>> Mario Kart 64

Super Mario 64 >>> Super Mario Sunshine

Super Smash Bros. Melee >>> Super Smash Bros. (original)

The Wii Mario platform games were better than both what the N64 and GameCube offered but the direction the Wii went in with the motion controls appealing to the casual audience and a lot of its games being too kiddy/watered down was a huge weakness. Nintendo is just way too predictable nowadays.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mxcrashxmon04/26/16 at 5:29 pm

I'm born 1993 so pretty much the same age as you, but I was a teen in the second half and saw the decade for what it was. Horrible! 8-P Was it the whole culture? Aside from some events, It wasn't that bad like today. Don't get me wrong today is decent, but there are a few things I don't like such as SJWs/fake activists, technology zombifying culture, gaming, movies (yeah, the superhero movies are great, but there's not much diversity) and the political correctness.

1998-2001 was my gaming prime as well. I'd throw 2002 in, but I was playing mostly Mêlée that year, a 2001 game, and a lot of the Gamecube games that came out that year were inferior to their N64 counterparts.

Do you still play video games? As for me, mines would be 1995/96-2006. While I still play games today, I haven't played them like I used to since 2007.

Oh yeah, definitely. Melee was everything great about the first one with it's sense of adventure and how true it was to the spirit of Smash/Nintendo but with much more features and characters and the advantage of the Gamecube. I still think Halo was a pretty great game. Maybe in the context of today, people might look back and say "man, screw Combat Evolved! It started all this FPS crap!" but during the time it came out, it was just a fun game. I can totally get on board with 1997-2002 being a golden age! I miss the days when there were games for everyone. Franchises like Tony Hawk, Halo, DDR, Smash Bros., Ratchet and Clank, Kingdom Hearts, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Need for Speed were all big things yet there was something different about each one of them that would attract all kinds of people. Even today, I go back to my PS1 and PS2 (or even N64, GC, XBOX) games and there's still something special about them.

More like 1985 to 2004. the 3rd to 6th generations had the best games to offer where there was something for everyone and not just certain audiences.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:muppethammer26on04/26/16 at 5:38 pm

Talking about the seventh generation, the 7th gen was as much diverse as the 5th and the 6th gen for games, unlike how most people perceive about the 7th gen being mostly shooters.

None of the 7th gen games that I listed above are shooters. So yes, the 7th gen had that much diversity and not just too many dudebro shooters.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 5:56 pm

Was it the whole culture? Aside from some events, It wasn't that bad like today. Don't get me wrong today is decent, but there are a few things I don't like such as SJWs/fake activists, technology zombifying culture, gaming, movies (yeah, the superhero movies are great, but there's not much diversity) and the political correctness.

Do you still play video games? As for me, mines would be 1995/96-2006. While I still play games today, I haven't played them like I used to since 2007.

I don't feel like much of a h8r today, so I don't have the energy to list everything I hate about the 2000s, but my older post in this thread summarizes why I hated 2005 at least.

"Stop listing why 2005 was a half decent year ;D It was that reality TV show, GTA clone, John Cena, ringtone rap, whale tail, George Bush, PSP era that makes it suffocating."

I wanna add popped collars and dudebros to the list! Terrible year.

I play video games when I go to my friends' houses or they come over to mine, but I don't really follow video games anymore or consider myself an enthusiast. I'm completely out of the loop!

I don't mind SJWs, but my interaction with them has been extremely limited as to be nonexistent. Technology zombifying actually started in 2004/2005, I should add that to the list. MMOs (World of Warcraft) and cellphone culture really took off that year. Gaming is terrible, I agree with you there. There were many decent releases in 2010/2011, but I've been out of the loop since. Movies are actually one of my favourite things this decade :o I've been going to the theatres about 5-6 times a year which is impressive considering in 2007 I thought theatres would be dead by the next decade. But hey, we all have our favourite genres (I'd say horror, action, animation, and kid-friendly are my favourite).

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Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 6:05 pm

Talking about the seventh generation, the 7th gen was as much diverse as the 5th and the 6th gen for games, unlike how most people perceive about the 7th gen being mostly shooters.

None of the 7th gen games that I listed above are shooters. So yes, the 7th gen had that much diversity and not just too many dudebro shooters.

I prefer 7th Gen to 6th Gen to be honest, but 7th Gen was mostly shooters and dudebros games. (so was the 6th gen but a lot of people here don't wanna hear it, 5th Gen was the last Gen where people didn't associate the games you played with your personality/subculture).

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mxcrashxmon04/26/16 at 6:18 pm

Talking about the seventh generation, the 7th gen was as much diverse as the 5th and the 6th gen for games, unlike how most people perceive about the 7th gen being mostly shooters.

None of the 7th gen games that I listed above are shooters. So yes, the 7th gen had that much diversity and not just too many dudebro shooters. Most of the games listed were mostly from the first half of the 7th generation. I do agree that there was definitely diversity at that time; however, the gaming industry was already taking a nosedive because of:

Unnecessary DLC and micro-transactions

More interest on graphics than gameplay

Games becoming less diverse overtime

More focus on online gaming rather than local (many games today now only have offline single-player and online multiplayer)

No bonus or hidden unlockables

Games are not exploring anymore, but rather restraining

The hype for games that are supposed to be awesome are actually lackluster than expected

I prefer 7th Gen to 6th Gen to be honest, but 7th Gen was mostly shooters and dudebros games. (so was the 6th gen but a lot of people here don't wanna hear it, 5th Gen was the last Gen where people didn't associate the games you played with your personality/subculture). No, it wasn't. There was absolutely more diversity in gaming. There wasn't many dudebro games like today. Furthermore, the shooters of the 5th and 6th generations were totally different from the ones of today.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 6:23 pm

I consider the release of GTA: San Andreas to be the official start of the dudebro gaming era. I don't see how GTA clones are any less dudebro than first person shooters, personally. The diversity by then was already lacking. The 2005 video game sales charts are a 15 year old teenage boy's wet dream.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:mxcrashxmon04/26/16 at 6:37 pm

I don't feel like much of a h8r today, so I don't have the energy to list everything I hate about the 2000s, but my older post in this thread summarizes why I hated 2005 at least.

"Stop listing why 2005 was a half decent year ;D It was that reality TV show, GTA clone, John Cena, ringtone rap, whale tail, George Bush, PSP era that makes it suffocating."

I wanna add popped collars and dudebros to the list! Terrible year.

I play video games when I go to my friends' houses or they come over to mine, but I don't really follow video games anymore or consider myself an enthusiast. I'm completely out of the loop!

I don't mind SJWs, but my interaction with them has been extremely limited as to be nonexistent. Technology zombifying actually started in 2004/2005, I should add that to the list. MMOs (World of Warcraft) and cellphone culture really took off that year. Gaming is terrible, I agree with you there. There were many decent releases in 2010/2011, but I've been out of the loop since. Movies are actually one of my favourite things this decade :o I've been going to the theatres about 5-6 times a year which is impressive considering in 2007 I thought theatres would be dead by the next decade. But hey, we all have our favourite genres (I'd say horror, action, animation, and kid-friendly are my favourite).

I consider the release of GTA: San Andreas to be the official start of the dudebro gaming era. I don't see how GTA clones are any less dudebro than first person shooters, personally. The diversity by then was already lacking. The 2005 video game sales charts are a 15 year old teenage boy's wet dream.

Were PSPs that awful? I agree that cellphone culture started around that time, but the contrast between then and now is significant. The cell phones used in the core 00s are not the same ones people use today (unless either they haven't upgraded or it's a backup). Even more, we still connected with each other on a deep level and less likely to ignore them. As for movies, I'm a versatile person. I have watched movies from every genre (yep, even ones primarily targeted towards women) and they are splendid; however, there's unfortunately currently no diversity in them.

So that means most games released in 2005 were for mostly dudebros?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/26/16 at 6:38 pm

I consider the release of GTA: San Andreas to be the official start of the dudebro gaming era. I don't see how GTA clones are any less dudebro than first person shooters, personally. The diversity by then was already lacking. The 2005 video game sales charts are a 15 year old teenage boy's wet dream.

Well, that explains why the mid-late 2000s weren't as good as the 80s, 90s, or early 2000s in gaming.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 6:54 pm

I prefer 7th Gen to 6th Gen to be honest, but 7th Gen was mostly shooters and dudebros games. (so was the 6th gen but a lot of people here don't wanna hear it, 5th Gen was the last Gen where people didn't associate the games you played with your personality/subculture).

Say what you want about the 2004-2006 years of the 6th gen but 2000-2003 was a really good and diverse time.

I consider the release of GTA: San Andreas to be the official start of the dudebro gaming era. I don't see how GTA clones are any less dudebro than first person shooters, personally. The diversity by then was already lacking. The 2005 video game sales charts are a 15 year old teenage boy's wet dream.

I knew your guys attraction to animated character had gone too far! And you say the 80's are all about furry culture... >:(

On a semi-serious-but-not-really note: I see how San Andreas would play out being the official start as it would appeal to all the 50 Cent G-Unit fans of the time. Despite this, still a big fan of the game.

Well, that explains why the mid-late 2000s weren't as good as the 80s, 90s, or early 2000s.

Exactly! ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/26/16 at 6:55 pm

Exactly! ;)

I meant to say that the mid-late 2000s weren't as good as the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s in gaming.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 6:58 pm

I meant to say that the mid-late 2000s weren't as good as the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s in gaming.

Good enough! ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 6:58 pm

Were PSPs that awful? I agree that cellphone culture started around that time, but the contrast between then and now is significant. The cell phones used in the core 00s are not the same ones people use today (unless either they haven't upgraded or it's a backup). Even more, we still connected with each other on a deep level and less likely to ignore them. As for movies, I'm a versatile person. I have watched movies from every genre (yep, even ones primarily targeted towards women) and they are splendid; however, there's unfortunately currently no diversity in them.

So that means most games released in 2005 were for mostly dudebros?

PSP got better after 2007 when Crisis Core, Phantasy Star, and many other Japanese RPGs came out for it (in an era when they were going extinct on consoles). But in 2004-2006 it was an awful system. It actually exemplifies mid-2000s dudebro culture perfectly. The system had watered down PS2 ports but teenagers bought it in droves simply because all the advertisements said you were cool if you bought it. When GTA Liberty City Stories came out and was as mediocre as any non-dudebro expected it, that's around the time the disillusionment with it settled in. After that people only used their PSPs for porn. It was a huge waste of money for most people, I still pick on a few of my friends for buying it (and picking on me for not buying one).

My cousin attempted suicide in 2006 because her parents took her phone away because of the crazy charges she racked up. We were deep into cellphone addiction culture, and teens addicted to their phones was already a huge trope by then. I agree though, it's even worse now. But when people hate on kids today for being on their phone I can't help but roll my eyes because people said the same thing about our generation. They'll be fine.

Haha, that's good that you're more open minded when it comes to movies. I'm surprised you can't find anything that caters to your tastes though. I mean this year we've had Zootopia, Jungle Book and Deadpool, all great movies, and we're only 4 months in! And that's just the ones I've watched! ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 7:00 pm

Hey, Trolley? Do you want me to post my "real 00s in a nutshell" thing again? I think it shines the light on PSP culture to a t!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/26/16 at 7:02 pm

Hey, Trolley? Do you want me to post my "real 00s in a nutshell" thing again? I think it shines the light on PSP culture to a t!

No, I think we already got it by now.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 7:03 pm

No, I think we already got it by now.

Yeah, but it's an accurate portrayal of the dark age real 2000's. You can learn all about real 2000's culture by looking at that post.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/26/16 at 7:06 pm

Yeah, but it's an accurate portrayal of the dark age real 2000's. You can learn all about real 2000's culture by looking at that post.

*small laugh* But, it doesn't really show a lot of core 2000s culture. I don't even think a lot of people were big 50 Cent fans during that time period.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 7:07 pm

Hey, Trolley? Do you want me to post my "real 00s in a nutshell" thing again? I think it shines the light on PSP culture to a t!

I'm pretty sure you've posted it in this thread before but I'm too lazy to check :p

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 7:07 pm

*small laugh* But, it doesn't really show a lot of core 2000s culture. I don't even think a lot of people were big 50 Cent fans during that time period.

I personally believe it's the best portrayal of the real 2000s that's even existed. I'm really proud of it.

I'm pretty sure you've posted it in this thread before but I'm too lazy to check :p

I'll check then. :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 7:15 pm

*small laugh* But, it doesn't really show a lot of core 2000s culture. I don't even think a lot of people were big 50 Cent fans during that time period. G-Unit was old news, but his song Candy Shop was on the radio all the time. I actually liked it lol. My dad caught me listening to it though (I didn't plug my headphones in). Made me delete the song. :-[

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 7:18 pm

G-Unit was old news, but his song Candy Shop was on the radio all the time. I actually liked it lol. My dad caught me listening to it though (I didn't plug my headphones in). Made me delete the song. :-[

Your dad is a good man.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon04/26/16 at 7:22 pm

G-Unit was old news, but his song Candy Shop was on the radio all the time. I actually liked it lol. My dad caught me listening to it though (I didn't plug my headphones in). Made me delete the song. :-[

Why would he do that to you, if you were a preteen at the time?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 7:23 pm

Your dad is a good man. It's like the only song from 2004 I can dance to other than Rich Girl, and I don't wanna be caught dead dancing to that.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 7:24 pm

It's like the only song from 2004 I can dance to other than Rich Girl, and I don't wanna be caught dead dancing to that.

Yeah, this is pretty dancable!

7mdIWaRi-7c

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 7:25 pm

Why would he do that to you, if you were a preteen at the time?

I was 11 and it was a song about sucking dick and eating pussy.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 7:28 pm

I was 11 and it was a song about sucking dick and eating pussy.

That's corrupt! I'm glad blink-182 would never sing about such filth! >:(

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LOL yeah that is an amazing song ;D I was talking about Gwen Stefani though, have you already forgotten about her? :P

^ I think I've memorized every line now. ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 7:38 pm

LOL yeah that is an amazing song ;D I was talking about Gwen Stefani though, have you already forgotten about her? :P

^ I think I've memorized every line now. ;D

No I know her but as "that chick who sang in No Doubt." She did that awful song about Bat Girl in 2006, didn't she?

Memorized everything line of which one? I hope you mean the Hall and Oats song because that's actually pretty good.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/26/16 at 7:48 pm

No I know her but as "that chick who sang in No Doubt." She did that awful song about Bat Girl in 2006, didn't she?

Memorized everything line of which one? I hope you mean the Hall and Oats song because that's actually pretty good.

Of your core 2000s sketch.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/26/16 at 7:56 pm

Of your core 2000s sketch.

Even better! I'm glad you memorized it, it's truly a work of art. A look into the culture of decades past... The most accurate depiction of the real 2000s anyone will ever see.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/27/16 at 1:03 pm

Something's Gotta Give by All-time Low is a great song.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/27/16 at 1:20 pm

Something's Gotta Give by All-time Low is a great song.

What!?!? No!! How could you say this!? All Time Low, or any other post-2004 Pop Punk, is just another bootleg! I can't believe you'd actually admit to liking an All Time Low song!!! Disgusting!!!

Also, I figured it out: SR-71 is the bootleg Bowling for Soup!!! It all makes sense now.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/27/16 at 1:28 pm

What!?!? No!! How could you say this!? All Time Low, or any other post-2004 Pop Punk, is just another bootleg! I can't believe you'd actually admit to liking an All Time Low song!!! Disgusting!!!

Also, I figured it out: SR-71 is the bootleg Bowling for Soup!!! It all makes sense now.

Doesn't sound like bootleg anything to me, sounds straight out of the 2010s. I actually got it when I played the Neon Trees radio on Spotify :P

That at least makes more sense, a little bit. I don't understand why SR-71 has to be a bootleg of anything, their sound is pretty original.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/27/16 at 1:41 pm

Doesn't sound like bootleg anything to me, sounds straight out of the 2010s. I actually got it when I played the Neon Trees radio on Spotify :P

That at least makes more sense, a little bit. I don't understand why SR-71 has to be a bootleg of anything, their sound is pretty original.

It's total bootleg Pop Punk. How can one even call post-2004 Pop Punk when it sounds nothing like it? Makes no sense to me! It's like a bad Pop music with sissy jumps and no frosted tips or spiky hair.

They sound like every other Pop Punk band during the good ol' days (which is a good thing 'cause that sound rules) but his voice sounds a lot like Jared's. The second SR-71 album is definitely bootleg Linkin Park, though.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on04/27/16 at 1:48 pm

I feel like the only thing that can save the 10's are the remaining years. Let's hope these next four years are awesome!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon04/27/16 at 2:39 pm

I was 11 and it was a song about sucking dick and eating pussy.

What song was that? ???

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/27/16 at 3:23 pm

What song was that? ???

Candy Shop by 50-Cent.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/27/16 at 3:29 pm

It's total bootleg Pop Punk. How can one even call post-2004 Pop Punk when it sounds nothing like it? Makes no sense to me! It's like a bad Pop music with sissy jumps and no frosted tips or spiky hair.

They sound like every other Pop Punk band during the good ol' days (which is a good thing 'cause that sound rules) but his voice sounds a lot like Jared's. The second SR-71 album is definitely bootleg Linkin Park, though.

So you agree with me, it's not post-2004 pop punk, it's its own thing. It's not post anything. 2010s rock is 2010s rock. I'd call it pop rock if anything, it doesn't sound punk at all.

I only listened to the first album, and Tomorrow off the second one. They sound pop punk, but they add their own sound to it. I I could see them being half successful if they made music in the 2010s :P

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/27/16 at 7:40 pm

So you agree with me, it's not post-2004 pop punk, it's its own thing. It's not post anything. 2010s rock is 2010s rock. I'd call it pop rock if anything, it doesn't sound punk at all.

I only listened to the first album, and Tomorrow off the second one. They sound pop punk, but they add their own sound to it. I I could see them being half successful if they made music in the 2010s :P

Actually, yeah, I totally agree with that statement. At least 2000-2003 Pop Punk still had some roots to the older Punk sound, the newer stuff isn't really influenced by that sound.

I've listened to both. There's still three or four Pop Punk tracks off Tomorrow but the rest of it is bitchy Nu Metal where he cries about his dad being mean to him and how his ugly girlfriend is a cold hearted bitch. The first one is good stuff, though. The singer is very successful; he's written songs for Demi Livatto and other sh!t. Won grammies, too. SR-71 themselves would have to overhaul their sound completely to be successful in the 2010's, if you ask me.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/27/16 at 8:25 pm

Actually, yeah, I totally agree with that statement. At least 2000-2003 Pop Punk still had some roots to the older Punk sound, the newer stuff isn't really influenced by that sound.

I've listened to both. There's still three or four Pop Punk tracks off Tomorrow but the rest of it is bitchy Nu Metal where he cries about his dad being mean to him and how his ugly girlfriend is a cold hearted bitch. The first one is good stuff, though. The singer is very successful; he's written songs for Demi Livatto and other sh!t. Won grammies, too. SR-71 themselves would have to overhaul their sound completely to be successful in the 2010's, if you ask me.

Wait, you said he was 40 years old. Why's he bitching about his dad? :o that must be adult issues, you don't understand.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:JordanK1982on04/27/16 at 8:30 pm

Wait, you said he was 40 years old. Why's he bitching about his dad? :o that must be adult issues, you don't understand.

I guess? I'm not mad at my dad (especially not at this age!) so I do not understand 'cause I have age appropriate hair.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Toonon05/02/16 at 12:59 am

If we can reach 2020 without there being any huge tragedies then I'll consider the 2010s the greatest decade. So far so good as of 2016.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on05/03/16 at 11:25 am

If we can reach 2020 without there being any huge tragedies then I'll consider the 2010s the greatest decade. So far so good as of 2016.

You're joking right? ??? We've been having random shootings, school shootings, racism and discrimination, and terrorist attacks within the last few years. There have been countless tragedies so far.and 2016, it feels like everybody famous is dying this year. :\'( I don't know what world you're living in.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on05/03/16 at 11:27 am

You're joking right? ??? We've been having random shootings, school shootings, racism and discrimination, and terrorist attacks within the last few years. There have been countless tragedies so far.and 2016, it feels like everybody famous is dying this year. :\'( I don't know what world you're living in.

Agreed. It's a very violent decade, especially the middle portion.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Eazy-EMAN1995on05/03/16 at 11:30 am

Agreed. It's a very violent decade, especially the middle portion.

Yep the mid 10s make the early 10s look like utopia! :(

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon05/03/16 at 12:37 pm

If we can reach 2020 without there being any huge tragedies then I'll consider the 2010s the greatest decade. So far so good as of 2016.

No, just no. There's already huge tragedies that covered up the news since 2011. It made this decade look like hell.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Baltimoreianon05/03/16 at 12:39 pm

Agreed. It's a very violent decade, especially the middle portion.

Yeah, 2010 and early 2011 made it okay. But after the death of Steve Jobs, I've lost faith in this decade.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Howardon05/03/16 at 3:05 pm

Agreed. It's a very violent decade, especially the middle portion.

I would agree, Slim.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Woboon04/22/18 at 3:53 pm

The 2010s is one of the greatest decades especially in technology and probably TV.

Proud to be a 2010s kid i should say?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Dundeeon04/22/18 at 4:07 pm

Wow Slowpoke, you made this thread back in 2016 with the big risk of being eaten alive by most users, thumbs up ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/22/18 at 4:41 pm

Wow Slowpoke, you made this thread back in 2016 with the big risk of being eaten alive by most users, thumbs up ;D

I've got balls! 8)

This is a classic early 2016 thread though. Those were fun times on this forum :D (so is now)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:batfan2005on04/22/18 at 6:20 pm

I've got balls! 8)

This is a classic early 2016 thread though. Those were fun times on this forum :D (so is now)

That's how you know this decade is bad, when 2016 is about the closest thing to a "good" year.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/22/18 at 8:03 pm

That's how you know this decade is bad, when 2016 is about the closest thing to a "good" year.

That's not what I meant. I meant early 2016 was a good time for this forum. I took a break spring 2016, and then another break in the summer of 2016 and when I came back and this forum was quite dead. :-\\

I think every year of this decade is more than good!

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:1999 Baby, 2000s Kidon04/22/18 at 9:39 pm

That's not what I meant. I meant early 2016 was a good time for this forum. I took a break spring 2016, and then another break in the summer of 2016 and when I came back and this forum was quite dead. :-\\

I think every year of this decade is more than good!

;D I think that's when I joined this forum.

I also agree that every year of this decade has been great! :)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:SpyroKevon04/22/18 at 9:39 pm

That's not what I meant. I meant early 2016 was a good time for this forum. I took a break spring 2016, and then another break in the summer of 2016 and when I came back and this forum was quite dead. :-\\

I think every year of this decade is more than good!

A lot of classic arguments are with Jordan in it. Haha Infinity seemed happy then to. I still miss when users had the Mid 2000s Guy, Early 2010s Guy, etc signatures.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:2001on04/22/18 at 10:21 pm

A lot of classic arguments are with Jordan in it. Haha Infinity seemed happy then to. I still miss when users had the Mid 2000s Guy, Early 2010s Guy, etc signatures.

I know right. Every poster seemed calmer back then even though we disagreed a lot. Then Trump happened and tore this community apart. I remember people back then complaining about the state of topics, even though I personally was having a lot of fun ;)

;D I think that's when I joined this forum.

I also agree that every year of this decade has been great! :)

Let's start a club! I actually had a skinny jeans club around the time this thread was made. I wonder where all my peeps are at.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Dundeeon04/23/18 at 2:23 am

Let's start a club!

Why talk, when you have to make this real ;)

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:John Titoron04/25/18 at 1:03 am

Well I wouldn't say the greatest lol

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Rainbowzon05/19/18 at 12:24 pm

The 2010's have definitely been a really good decade IMO. Aside from all the shootings and political stuff, which are the negatives of the 2010's, there has been great music, technology, TV shows, fashion, movies, etc. Inthe00s is a nostalgia forum so of course, many people on this forum are not going to like the 2010's, because they're usually stuck in the past and are dying for a cultural shift to happen at any moment. But people need to realize that this decade and its culture will never ever come back in the future, so its best to enjoy it while it's here because we only have a year left until the 2010's are officially over, and you may even miss the 2010's even if you didn't like it back then.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Rainbowzon05/19/18 at 2:17 pm

YouTube in the 2010's is better than it was in the 2000's

Ok, this is an exception. I don't know about this. ;D ;D

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Woboon05/19/18 at 5:02 pm

I'll miss the 2010s only the early part of it though, i think the 2010s are better in technology and hip hop terms (Early 2010s hip hop), i was 6 when the decade started and now i'm 14 about to start high school now which is kind of crazy it's kind of weir since most of my whole in this decade i've only been in elementary (2010-2015) it will also be weird that the last year of the 2010s will be next year, i started to miss 2012 when i was 12 b ut i didn't gain full nostalgia until i was about 13. Anyways i think the 2010s is a great decade and people will miss it and look back on it in the future with kids in the next decade wanting to be a 2010s kid instead of a 2020s kid much how kids are today.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:antidoteon05/19/18 at 6:07 pm

This is probably an unpopular opinion but I feel like every decade since the 50s has been progressively getting better and better, aka every decade is better than the one that came before it and so on. So yeah, even with all of the 2010s' flaws, I wouldn't want to live in any other time period than the present. Also, I know the people here tend to be biased against modern music, but 2015-present is one of my favorite eras for music of all time. I think a lot of the hate for today's music comes from what's on the radio, and all I have to say to that is: expand your horizons. I don't listen to a single song from the radio, it's honestly all trash and the staleness is actually depressing. Stop defining 2010s music by the manufactured trash on the radio. I've noticed that's a trend here.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Slim95on05/19/18 at 11:50 pm

To be honest, this entire decade besides 2010 - 2012 was very solid and good for me. 2010 - 2012 was the only bad and depressing period of my life. 2013 - 2018 were all very solid years and I am quite grateful to live through this decade and experienced my early 20s (as well as ages 18 and 19). I'm gonna try to complain less about things from now on, 2018 is actually also going good for me. But yeah if it weren't for the early 2010s, which was the worst period of my life, this decade would be pretty much flawless.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:piecesof93on05/20/18 at 2:10 am

Stop defining 2010s music by the manufactured trash on the radio. I've noticed that's a trend here.

People here literally do this with every decade, not just the 2010s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:musicguy93on05/20/18 at 10:34 pm

There's a LOT less bigotry this decade and that alone makes it better than any other decade IMO. Plus, everything from medicine to technology is so advanced compared to other decades.

Less bigotry? Are you serious? If anything there's more bigotry in the 2010s, than there was in the 90s and 00s. In the 2010s, you've gotten all these groups trying to push all these identity politics, and causing more division between groups than has been seen in a long time. Sure, things weren't perfect in the previous two decades, but at least people were aiming to be individuals and NOT apart of some victims group. On one hand, you have these SJWs who try to make it seem like everyone can be divided into the "oppressor" and the "oppressed". In their eyes, individual experience/thought does not exist. In their eyes, if you belong to "X" group you are oppressed, and if you belong to "Y" group, you are privileged, regardless of your personal individual experience.

Of course you also have identity politics on the other side of the extreme, with the Alt-Right, who peddle white identity politics. BOTH sides are ruining race relations. I'm speaking as a minority myself. I felt more in place in the 00s, when people treated me as an individual. Nowadays, especially living in the Bay Area, I keep getting fed all this victim-hood crap by these idiots who feel the need to "speak for me". I never considered myself "marginalized" due to my race, because I always saw myself as an individual with individual experiences. I never felt my "perspective" was different due to my race either. That too was on an individual basis. Sure, I've had bad things happen to me, but they almost always had NOTHING to do with race. Now of course, I'm not saying it's the same for other people who happen to be the same race as me. But that's my point that experience is purely individual. And by pushing this "oppressor/oppressed" narrative, these SJWs are not making things better for me or any of the groups they represent. All they're doing is taking part in the dividing of people by race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., and adding fuel to the fire that is the Alt-right/Neo Nazis.

Funny thing, is that once these so-called "accepting" progressive types meet someone who happens to be apart minority, but does not act in the way they think minorities should (ie., they support right-leaning candidates, they don't actively practice their culture, they relate to people even if they are not from the same racial group, etc.), they accuse them of being "ashamed", or being victims of "internalized-racism" or whatever other crap they pull out of their first year sociology courses that they constantly parrot off. The idea that someone of a certain race, gender, or sexual orientation can be an individual is somehow shocking to them. I know I've probably pissed off several people on here, but I don't care. This has really been frustrating me for a while, and it really bothers me when people claim that the 2010s are "the most accepting decade ever". It's also one of the reason's why the Bay Area has gone to complete hell.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:piecesof93on08/29/18 at 4:57 pm

I don't remember if I posted this already but now that we're only one year away from the 2020s, I can reflect on last 8 years. The 2010s isn't by any means the greatest decade ever and it definitely wasn't perfect. The craziness of the decade has been stressful at times, with it's peak being in the mid 2010s. However, it's undeniable that some of the best music ever has come out this decade. Music is the most significant part of pop culture to me, so it's been amazing an decade as far as that goes. There have been some pretty good tv shows as well. I'm glad I got to spend my young adult years in this decade so that I could truly experience it in it's entirely.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:piecesof93on08/29/18 at 4:59 pm

Less bigotry? Are you serious? If anything there's more bigotry in the 2010s, than there was in the 90s and 00s. In the 2010s, you've gotten all these groups trying to push all these identity politics, and causing more division between groups than has been seen in a long time. Sure, things weren't perfect in the previous two decades, but at least people were aiming to be individuals and NOT apart of some victims group. On one hand, you have these SJWs who try to make it seem like everyone can be divided into the "oppressor" and the "oppressed". In their eyes, individual experience/thought does not exist. In their eyes, if you belong to "X" group you are oppressed, and if you belong to "Y" group, you are privileged, regardless of your personal individual experience.

Of course you also have identity politics on the other side of the extreme, with the Alt-Right, who peddle white identity politics. BOTH sides are ruining race relations. I'm speaking as a minority myself. I felt more in place in the 00s, when people treated me as an individual. Nowadays, especially living in the Bay Area, I keep getting fed all this victim-hood crap by these idiots who feel the need to "speak for me". I never considered myself "marginalized" due to my race, because I always saw myself as an individual with individual experiences. I never felt my "perspective" was different due to my race either. That too was on an individual basis. Sure, I've had bad things happen to me, but they almost always had NOTHING to do with race. Now of course, I'm not saying it's the same for other people who happen to be the same race as me. But that's my point that experience is purely individual. And by pushing this "oppressor/oppressed" narrative, these SJWs are not making things better for me or any of the groups they represent. All they're doing is taking part in the dividing of people by race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., and adding fuel to the fire that is the Alt-right/Neo Nazis.

Funny thing, is that once these so-called "accepting" progressive types meet someone who happens to be apart minority, but does not act in the way they think minorities should (ie., they support right-leaning candidates, they don't actively practice their culture, they relate to people even if they are not from the same racial group, etc.), they accuse them of being "ashamed", or being victims of "internalized-racism" or whatever other crap they pull out of their first year sociology courses that they constantly parrot off. The idea that someone of a certain race, gender, or sexual orientation can be an individual is somehow shocking to them. I know I've probably pissed off several people on here, but I don't care. This has really been frustrating me for a while, and it really bothers me when people claim that the 2010s are "the most accepting decade ever". It's also one of the reason's why the Bay Area has gone to complete hell.

Also, this post is bogus. You can speak for yourself but there are far too many things to address in this long essay.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Frodomar2002on08/29/18 at 5:02 pm

No way. It's probably one of the worst decades out there, only behind the 30s and 40s probably. And probably the 1910s.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Frodomar2002on08/29/18 at 5:02 pm

To be honest, this entire decade besides 2010 - 2012 was very solid and good for me. 2010 - 2012 was the only bad and depressing period of my life. 2013 - 2018 were all very solid years and I am quite grateful to live through this decade and experienced my early 20s (as well as ages 18 and 19). I'm gonna try to complain less about things from now on, 2018 is actually also going good for me. But yeah if it weren't for the early 2010s, which was the worst period of my life, this decade would be pretty much flawless.

It is the exact opposite for me: once 2012 went, everything went downhill.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:Woboon08/29/18 at 5:05 pm

No way. It's probably one of the worst decades out there, only behind the 30s and 40s probably. And probably the 1910s.

Is that really the first thing you comment when coming to this thread?

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:bchris02on08/29/18 at 6:14 pm

In terms of bigotry this decade vs the 90s or 2000s, I think it depends on the situation and there are some tradeoffs. As a gay man I am speaking primarily in terms of LGBT rights. As a white person I can't speak first-hand regarding the struggles of racial minorities. From my experience at the macro level (at least in the US) this is a very stressful time to be anything but white, heterosexual, and fundamentalist Christian. The extreme right-wing religious people are in complete control. They are angry about the progress made over the past several decades, especially when it comes to things such as LGBT rights. They are out for blood and anybody who is any kind of sexual, religious, or racial minority needs to be concerned about where we are at in America right now. The people in power believe that America is a nation for white straight Christians and ONLY white straight Christians. It wouldn't take much to make A Handmaid's Tale a reality and that is the exact society 40% of Americans really want to see.

With that said, I think there has never been a better time to be openly gay and this is the first decade where transgender people started to become more visible. There is still a lot of hate out there but at the individual level I don't notice as much homophobia as I did in the 2000s.

In terms of racial bigotry, like I said I cannot speak on this first hand but I have never seen it more mainstream than it is right now. There's so much hatred surrounding things like #BlackLivesMatter and NFL players taking a knee. I've also never seen so much hatred against Latinos and Muslims are there is right now. Not even after 9/11 was there as much anti-Muslim sentiment. It really is like we are back in the 1950s/early 1960s. People are angry about having had a black President for eight years and its one of the many reasons it seems like this country has lost its mind.

Subject:Re: Why the 2010s is the greatest decade

Written By:exodus08on08/30/18 at 1:03 pm

In terms of bigotry this decade vs the 90s or 2000s, I think it depends on the situation and there are some tradeoffs. As a gay man I am speaking primarily in terms of LGBT rights. As a white person I can't speak first-hand regarding the struggles of racial minorities. From my experience at the macro level (at least in the US) this is a very stressful time to be anything but white, heterosexual, and fundamentalist Christian. The extreme right-wing religious people are in complete control. They are angry about the progress made over the past several decades, especially when it comes to things such as LGBT rights. They are out for blood and anybody who is any kind of sexual, religious, or racial minority needs to be concerned about where we are at in America right now. The people in power believe that America is a nation for white straight Christians and ONLY white straight Christians. It wouldn't take much to make A Handmaid's Tale a reality and that is the exact society 40% of Americans really want to see.

With that said, I think there has never been a better time to be openly gay and this is the first decade where transgender people started to become more visible. There is still a lot of hate out there but at the individual level I don't notice as much homophobia as I did in the 2000s.

In terms of racial bigotry, like I said I cannot speak on this first hand but I have never seen it more mainstream than it is right now. There's so much hatred surrounding things like #BlackLivesMatter and NFL players taking a knee. I've also never seen so much hatred against Latinos and Muslims are there is right now. Not even after 9/11 was there as much anti-Muslim sentiment. It really is like we are back in the 1950s/early 1960s. People are angry about having had a black President for eight years and its one of the many reasons it seems like this country has lost its mind.

It's very true. Being a gay white/latino mixed man I was happy where things were going under Obama with gay rights and I feel like with Trump he's wanting us to go backwards, back to the 1950s. With racism I didn't see it last Decade until Obama won the election of '08 and now fast forward to '18 and racist are coming out thanks to Trump. I'm hoping things will change in the next year or next decade.